Definitions for: Distraught


[adj] deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief"



Webster (1913) Definition: Dis*traught", p. p. & a. [OE. distract, distrauht.
See Distract, a.]
1. Torn asunder; separated. [Obs.] ``His greedy throat . . .
distraught.'' --Spenser.

2. Distracted; perplexed. ``Distraught twixt fear and pity.''
--Spenser.

As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror.
--Shak.

To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls Which are
the most distraught and full of pain. --Mrs.
Browning.

Synonyms: agitated, overwrought

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