distraught

Significado (Inglés)

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

Frecuencia

C2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/dɪsˈtɹɔːt/
Etimología (Inglés)

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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