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dis·traught
(dĭ-strôt′)adj.
1. Deeply agitated, as from worry or grief.
2. Archaic Mentally deranged.
[Middle English, alteration of distract, past participle of distracten, to distract; see distract.]
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distraught
(dɪˈstrɔːt)adj
1. (Psychology) distracted or agitated
2. (Psychology) rare mad
[C14: changed from obsolete distract through influence of obsolete straught, past participle of stretch]
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dis•traught
(dɪˈstrɔt)adj.
1. bewildered; deeply agitated.
2. mentally deranged; crazed.
[1350–1400; variant of obsolete distract distracted, by association with straught, old past participle of stretch]
dis•traught′ly, adv.
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Adj. 1. [画像:distraught - deeply agitated especially from emotion]distraught - deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief"
agitated - troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents"
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distraught
adjective frantic, wild, desperate, mad, anxious, distressed, raving, distracted, hysterical, worked-up, agitated, crazed, overwrought, out of your mind, at the end of your tether, wrought-up, beside yourself Her distraught parents were last night being comforted.
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distraught
adjectiveAfflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:
brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong.
Chiefly British: crackers.
Law: non compos mentis.
Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.
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Translations
ذاهِل، شَديد الإضطِراب
bez seberozrušený
örvinglaîur
ļoti norūpējies/sarūgtināts
kaygılıüzgün
distraught
[dɪsˈtrɔːt] ADJ → afligido, alterado (LAm)in a distraught voice → con una voz embargada por la emoción
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distraught
adj → verzweifelt, außer sich (dat) pred; look, voice → verzweifelt
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distraught
[dɪsˈtrɔːt] adj → stravolto/a, sconvolto/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
distraught
(diˈstroːt) adjective very worried and upset. buite jouself, radeloos ذاهِل، شَديد الإضطِراب смутен transtornado rozrušený, bez sebe durcheinander oprørt ταραγμένος, ανήσυχος afligido, trastornado arust ära پریشان؛ سراسیمه suunniltaan angoissé מודאג परेशान izbezumljen, zbunjen megzavarodott resah örvinglaður sconvolto 取り乱した 마음이 산란한 susisielojęs, susirūpinęs ļoti norūpējies/sarūgtināts dukacita overstuur fortvilet, ute av seg strapiony ليونى، ګيچ transtornado înnebunit (de) смятенный rozrušený, bez seba vznemirjen izbezumljen upprörd, oroad ว้าวุ่นใจ kaygılı, üzgün 心急如焚的 збожеволілий حد سے زیادہ پریشان quẫn trí 忧心如焚的,心神错乱的
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distraught
a. atolondrado-a, confundido-a, desconcertado-a; [irrational] demente.
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