distraught

Meaning

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

Synonyms

overwrought

distracted

daffy

daft

demented

depressed

desperate

despondent

discomposed

disconcerted

disordered

distrait

distressed

disturbed

frantic

haggard

harassed

haywire

hopeless

horror-struck

jolted

lost

mad

madding

outraged

restless

screwball

shaken

smitten

troubled

unhappy

☹️

unnerved

lunatical

crazy

crack brained

cuckoo

Translations

éperdu

hagard

égaré

transtornado

perplesso

affolé

désemparé

costernato

bestürzt

verstört

distrutto

aufgelöst

beunruhigt

perturbé

distrait

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪsˈtɹɔːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: distraught

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.