Adjective "distraught" definition and examples

Pronunciation

/dɪˈstrɔːt/

Definitions and examples

adjective

Very worried and upset.

1. 'he is terribly distraught'
2. 'The distraught uncle said the family was praying for the safe release of the teenager.'
3. 'He was distraught and we virtually had to tie him down to stop him leaping back into the water.'
4. 'After looking up my marks on Quest, I was distraught to find they had a slight scar to them.'
5. 'A distraught father has told how his wife sat watching TV as a car crashed through their living room wall.'
6. 'I would be totally distraught if she died and I couldn't do anything about it.'
7. 'This is something no one dare tell a distraught woman, desperate to know whether she should be grieving or not.'
8. 'My parents were distraught and upset by the actions of this person or people.'
9. 'They were too distraught to talk and appealed to the assembled media to stay away.'
10. 'Matthew's distraught mother, Ann, was offered comfort by the youngsters at the scene.'
11. 'He said floral tributes had been put at the front door to the flat, including one by a girl who seemed quite distraught.'

Definitions

1. distracted; deeply agitated.

2. mentally deranged; crazed.

More examples(as adjective)

"sources can be distraught after meetings."

"people can be distraught by desolations."

"soldiers can be distraught over duties."

"people can be distraught in/at/on yesterdays."

"people can be distraught with people."

"people can be distraught with griefs."

"people can be distraught with cancers."

"people can be distraught with anxieties."

"people can be distraught on tapes."

"people can be distraught at thoughts."

"people can be distraught at things."

"people can be distraught at newses."

"people can be distraught at decisions."

"people can be distraught about things."

"mothers can be distraught after hearings."

"mares can be distraught at things."

"agents can be distraught over deaths."

"people can be distraught."

"mothers can be distraught."

"relatives can be distraught."

"families can be distraught."

"members can be distraught."

"husbands can be distraught."

"fathers can be distraught."

"faces can be distraught."

"survivors can be distraught."

"people/places/organizations can be distraught."

"investors can be distraught."

"fans can be distraught."

"parents can be distraught."

"villagers can be distraught."

"russians can be distraught."

"friends can be distraught."

"widows can be distraught."

"states can be distraught."

"sources can be distraught."

"politicians can be distraught."

"pilgrims can be distraught."

"hindus can be distraught."

"grandmothers can be distraught."

"fiances can be distraught."

"children can be distraught."

"workers can be distraught."

"wives can be distraught."

"weepings can be distraught."

"watches can be distraught."

"voices can be distraught."

"ups can be distraught."

"traders can be distraught."

"teenagers can be distraught."

"soles can be distraught."

"soldiers can be distraught."

"sights can be distraught."

"shouts can be distraught."

"scientists can be distraught."

"protests can be distraught."

"privacies can be distraught."

"pots can be distraught."

"partners can be distraught."

"owners can be distraught."

"outsides can be distraught."

"officers can be distraught."

"nights can be distraught."

"newlyweds can be distraught."

"minds can be distraught."

"millers can be distraught."

"mares can be distraught."

"lady concerneds can be distraught."

"irrationallies can be distraught."

"imaginations can be distraught."

"hays can be distraught."

"gunmen can be distraught."

"grandfathers can be distraught."

"girlfriends can be distraught."

"gestures can be distraught."

"fashions can be distraught."

"farmers can be distraught."

"everyones can be distraught."

"elders can be distraught."

"efforts can be distraught."

"drivers can be distraught."

"depositors can be distraught."

"darlings can be distraught."

"crewmen can be distraught."

"companions can be distraught."

"communities can be distraught."

"circumstances can be distraught."

"calls can be distraught."

"blazes can be distraught."

"backs can be distraught."

"americans can be distraught."

"aides can be distraught."

"agents can be distraught."

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