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distraught

  (dĭ-strôt') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict.
  2. Mad; insane.

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


 
 
Thesaurus: distraught

adjective

    Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness: brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong. Informal bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony. Slang bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky. Chiefly British crackers. Law non compos mentis. Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, offout ofone's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad. See sane/insane.

 
Antonyms: distraught

adj

Definition: very upset, worked-up
Antonyms: calm, gladdened, happy, pleased, untroubled


 
WordNet: distraught
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: deeply agitated especially from emotion
  Synonym: overwrought


 
Translations: Translations for: Distraught

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forvirret, konfus, vanvittig

Nederlands (Dutch)
dol, verontrust, bezorgd, uitzinnig (van zorg)

Français (French)
adj. - éperdu, égaré, affolé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wahnsinnig, verstört, aufgewühlt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αλαφιασμένος, αλλόφρων, ταραγμένος, συγχυσμένος

Italiano (Italian)
pazzo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - tresloucado

Русский (Russian)
обезумевший

Español (Spanish)
adj. - loco, enloquecido, muy turbado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förvirrad, sliten

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
烦恼的, 发狂的, 心痛的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 煩惱的, 發狂的, 心痛的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 정신이 나가서

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 心を取り乱した, 気の狂った, 狂気の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مذهول ( بسبب حزن شديد) , مصدوم ( من شدة الحزن)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מטורף, מבולבל‬


 
 

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