distraught

dis·traught

D0295900 (dĭ-strôt′)adj.1. Deeply agitated, as from worry or grief.2. Archaic Mentally deranged.

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

distraught

(dɪˈstrɔːt) adj1. (Psychology) distracted or agitated2. (Psychology) rare mad[C14: changed from obsolete distract through influence of obsolete straught, past participle of stretch]

dis•traught

(dɪˈstrɔt)

adj. 1. bewildered; deeply agitated. 2. mentally deranged; crazed. [1350–1400; variant of obsolete distract distracted, by association with straught, old past participle of stretch] dis•traught′ly, adv.

distrait, distraught - Distrait means "absent-minded as a result of apprehension, worry, etc."—while distraught means "agitated" and "bewildered, distracted."See also related terms for worry.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

distraught - deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief"overwroughtagitated - troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents"

distraught

adjective frantic, wild, desperate, mad, anxious, distressed, raving, distracted, hysterical, worked-up, agitated, crazed, overwrought, out of your mind, at the end of your tether, wrought-up, beside yourself Her distraught parents were last night being comforted.

distraught

adjectiveAfflicted 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, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.

Translations

心神错乱的忧心如焚的

distraught

(diˈstroːt) adjective very worried and upset. 心急如焚的 忧心如焚的，心神错乱的