distraught

Adjektivin Dialogen belegt

Vereinigtes Königreich//dɪsˈtɹɔːt//

Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.

Adjektiv

1
Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.
His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.
[…]Karius was a danger to his own team, responsible for Madrid’s two other goals and last seen wandering aimlessly around the pitch – alone, distraught and clearly traumatised – to ask forgiveness, hands clasped, from the thousands of Liverpool supporters.
Harry was said to be “distraught” about the decision, made just days before the family was due to arrive, but was reportedly keen to find a way to make the trip work.
2
Mad; insane.

Herkunft

From Middle English distraught, blend of distract (“distracted”) and straught (“stretched, distraught”), past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”). Compare also bestraught, extraught, forstraught, etc. More at distract, stretch.

Formen

Komparativ: more distraught
Superlativ: most distraught

distracted · having one's attention diverted; preoccupied; distrait…distracting · Causing a distraction; interfering with the ability to…distraction · Something that distracts.

distraught · Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.

distress · Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm,…distressed · Anxious or uneasy.distribute · To divide into portions and dispense.

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