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distraught

dist·raught

UK/dɪsˈtɹɔːt/ US/dɪˈstrɔt/ uncommon

adjective

1.

deeply agitated especially from emotion

  • “distraught with grief”
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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.

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