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dis·traught

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–adjective

1.	distracted; deeply agitated.

2.	mentally deranged; crazed.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME var. of obs. distract distracted, by assoc. with straught, old ptp. of stretch

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—Related forms

dis·traught·ly, adverb

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adj.

Deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict.
Mad; insane.

[Middle English, alteration of distract, past participle of distracten, to distract; see distract.]

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distraught

1393, alteration of earlier distract (perhaps by association with other pp. forms in -ght, such as caught, bought, brought), pp. of distracten "derange the intellect of, drive mad" (see distract).

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distraught
adjective
deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief"

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distraught [diˈstroːt] adjective

very worried and upset

Arabic:	ذاهِل، شَديد الإضطِراب
Chinese (Simplified):	心神错乱的
Chinese (Traditional):	心神錯亂的
Czech:	rozrušený, bez sebe
Danish:	oprørt
Dutch:	overstuur
Estonian:	arust ära
Finnish:	suunniltaan
French:	angoissé
German:	durcheinander
Greek:	ταραγμένος, ανήσυχος
Hungarian:	megzavarodott
Icelandic:	örvinglaður
Indonesian:	resah
Italian:	sconvolto

Japanese:	取り乱した
Korean:	크게 염려하고 있는, 혼란스러운
Latvian:	ļoti norūpējies, *sarūgtināts
Lithuanian:	susisielojęs, susirūpinęs
Norwegian:	fortvilet, ute av seg
Polish:	strapiony
Portuguese (Brazil):	transtornado
Portuguese (Portugal):	transtornado
Romanian:	înnebunit (de)
Russian:	смятенный
Slovak:	rozrušený, bez seba
Slovenian:	vznemirjen
Spanish:	afligido, trastornado
Swedish:	upprörd, oroad
Turkish:	kaygılı, üzgün