All 4 Uses of
distraught
in
Catch-22
- In the morning he ran looking for Luciana in all the French offices he could find, but nobody knew what he was talking about, and then he ran in terror, so jumpy, distraught and disorganized that he just had to keep running in terror somewhere, to the enlisted men's apartment for the squat maid in the lime-colored panties, whom he found dusting in Snowden's room on the fifth floor in her drab brown sweater and heavy dark skirt.†
Chpt 16
- His warm canteen was empty, and he was too distraught to remember the lister bag hanging outside in the shade between the two tents.†
Chpt 25 *
- The poor woman was totally distraught for almost a full week.†
Chpt 31
- His globular, exophthalmic eyes were quite distraught.†
Chpt 42
Definition:
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(distraught) extremely distressed--typically with worry or grief that interferes with clear thinking