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Word: Distraught
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English: alteration of the obsolete adjective distract (from Latin distractus ‘pulled apart’), influenced by straught, archaic past participle of stretch
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈstrɔːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
very worried and upset
Short Definition:very worried and upset
Examples:- distraught parents looking for a runaway teenager
- he is terribly distraught
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