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Synonyms for distraught
dɪˈstrɔtdis·traught

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Wiktionary4.0 / 1 vote

  1. distraughtadjective

    Synonyms:
    pained, distressed

  2. distraughtadjective

    Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed.

    His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.

    Synonyms:
    pained, distressed

Princeton's WordNet2.5 / 6 votes

  1. distraught, overwroughtadjective

    deeply agitated especially from emotion

    "distraught with grief"

    Synonyms:
    overwrought

    Antonyms:
    unagitated

PPDB, the paraphrase database1.0 / 2 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "distraught":

    frantic, panicky, upset, desperate, disgusted

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How to use distraught in a sentence?

  1. Kevin Sullivan:

    He was in a house where someone died and he’s completely distraught because of it.

  2. Stephen Fowler:

    I may be Stephen Fowler, but today I'm standing here as the father of a murder victim, we are just distraught. This has really torn two families apart.

  3. Abby Gordon:

    I know it seems like a lot of money to spend on an operation for a goldfish, but what was the alternative? i think [we have] a social responsibility to look after our pets, and I know my daughter would have been distraught if anything had happened to the goldfish.

  4. Brandon Bostian:

    He was distraught as he learned of the devastation.

  5. Bharat Mistry:

    We were absolutely distraught, we pleaded and pleaded with them not to do it, but their mind was made up. That tree was coming down.


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