Definitions
deeply agitated especially from emotion
Word origin
From Middle English distraught, blend of distract (“distracted”) and straught (“stretched, distraught”), past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”). Compare also bestraught, extraught, forstraught, etc. More at distract, stretch.
Used in a sentence
“His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Very upset”10 letters
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