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DISTRAUGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does distraught mean? 

DISTRAUGHT (adjective)
  The adjective DISTRAUGHT has 1 sense:

1. deeply agitated especially from emotionplay

  Familiarity information: DISTRAUGHT used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISTRAUGHT (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Deeply agitated especially from emotion

Synonyms:

distraught; overwrought

Context example:

distraught with grief

Similar:

agitated (troubled emotionally and usually deeply)


 Context examples 


His head leaned back so far that it rested against the face of a defunct mantelpiece clock and from this position his distraught eyes stared down at Daisy who was sitting frightened but graceful on the edge of a stiff chair.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)



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