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distraught
deeply upset and unable to think clearly
Synonyms
- frantic
- anguished
- distressed
Antonyms
- calm
- composed
- tranquil
distraught in a sentence
The distraught parents waited outside the emergency room for news.
The distraught witness struggled to describe what she had seen.
Where it comes from
An alteration of distract, from Latin distrahere, meaning 'to pull apart.'
Memory hook
DISTRAUGHT sounds like 'distressed thought': too upset to think clearly.
Read it in context
- The Bone That Would Not Settle Science
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