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DISTRAUGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does distraught mean?
• DISTRAUGHT (adjective)
The adjective DISTRAUGHT has 1 sense:
1. deeply agitated especially from emotion
Familiarity information: DISTRAUGHT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deeply agitated especially from emotion
Synonyms:
distraught; overwrought
Context example:
distraught with grief
Similar:
agitated (troubled emotionally and usually deeply)
Context examples
His head leaned back so far that it rested against the face of a defunct mantelpiece clock and from this position his distraught eyes stared down at Daisy who was sitting frightened but graceful on the edge of a stiff chair.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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