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dis⋅traught

  [di-strawt]
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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

Related forms:
dis⋅traught⋅ly, adverb
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dis·traught   (dĭ-strôt')   
adj.  
  1. Deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict.
  2. Mad; insane.

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

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : distraught
Spanish: afligido, trastornado,
German: durcheinander,
Japanese: 取り乱した
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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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