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distraught
What does distraught mean?
distraught (adjective): deeply agitated especially from emotion.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use distraught in a sentence?
- Distraught with grief. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce distraught?
/dɪˈstɹɔt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does distraught come from?
From Middle English distraught, blend of distract (“distracted”) and straught (“stretched, distraught”), past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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deeply agitated especially from emotion
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