distraught
adjective/dɪˈstrɔːt/
/dɪˈstrɔːt/
- extremely upset and anxious so that you cannot think clearly
- She’s still too distraught to speak about the tragedy.
- The child’s distraught parents pleaded for witnesses to contact the police.
Extra Examples- She sounded absolutely distraught.
- They were extremely distraught at the news of his accident.
- Weeks after the accident she remained distraught.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
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Word Originlate Middle English: alteration of the obsolete adjective distract (from Latin distractus ‘pulled apart’), influenced by straught, archaic past participle of stretch.
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