distraught

Senso (Inglese)

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

Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/dɪsˈtɹɔːt/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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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