distraught

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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

Frequenz

C2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/dɪsˈtɹɔːt/
Etymologie (Englisch)

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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