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- distraught relatives waiting to learn whether there were any survivors of the plane crash
Synonyms for distraught
- agitated,
- delirious,
- distracted,
- distrait,
- frantic,
- frenzied,
- hysterical
- (also hysteric)
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“Distraught.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distraught. Accessed 19 May. 2022.
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