Definition of distraught
distraughtly
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Examples of distraught in a Sentence
Of particular concern are phony contractors, who knock on the doors of distraught homeowners and offer to repair damaged roofs or remove fallen trees. —Natalie Rodriguez, This Old House, March 2006
The night before the story broke, West sat down for a two-hour interview with the Spokane-Review and left so distraught that its editor, Steven Smith, asked the police chief to check on him. —Unmesh Kher, Time, 23 May 2005
Captured by news photographers under the direction of his manager Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis's turn in the barber's chair was a public ceremony: a symbolic shearing, not only of Elvis—who would return from the service a meek semblance of himself, a mama's boy without a mama (his distraught mother, Gladys, died while he was stationed at Fort Hood, soon to depart for Germany)—but of rock 'n' roll itself. —James Wolcott, Vanity Fair, November 2000
Distraught relatives are waiting for news of the missing children.
She was distraught over the death of her partner.
Recent Examples of distraught from the Web
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Many walk away from the loss — emotionally and financially — too distraught to do anything more.
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This is especially true when dealing with the mentally ill homeless or distraught people who can be talked down by officers who’ve taken precautions to take themselves out of immediate danger.
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Poor, distraught Bill may not know it, but Ruth died thanks to a set of coordinates.
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Sharonville police officers responded to a report of a distraught female in a motel's parking lot of April 18, according to the Department of Justice.
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Ben-Oni, the global chief information officer at IDT, was able to fend them off, but the attack left him distraught.
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Other residents were distraught that they were ordered to evacuate, but were told to leave their pets behind in buildings that could be dangerous.
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Mr. Ben-Oni, the global chief information officer at IDT, was able to fend them off, but the attack left him distraught.
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Mr. Ben-Oni, the global chief information officer at IDT, was able to fend them off, but the attack left him distraught.
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Origin and Etymology of distraught
Middle English, modification of Latin distractus —see 2distract
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: very upset : so upset that you are not able to think clearly or behave normally
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: very upset
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