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distraught Definition


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distraught
adj
    1. In an extremely troubled state of mind.
      Thesaurus: overwrought, mad, frantic, wild, anxious, distressed, upset, crazed, agitated, shaken up (slang), distracted, hysterical, worked up; Antonym: calm.
Etymology: 14c: a form of distract.



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