distraught

Significat (Anglès)

  1. Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.
  2. Mad; insane.

Freqüència

C2
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/dɪsˈtɹɔːt/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

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.

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