(click/touch triangles for details)
Definition
extremely distressed—typically with worry or grief- At the time, she was distraught over the loss of her child.
distraught = extremely distressed
- I was so distraught from the breakup, I didn't think I'd ever be happy again.
- She's too distraught to know what she's saying.
- I guess I just got distraught, watching them.Lois Lowry -- The Giver
- 'Distraught' is too strong an adjective to describe salmon-viewing. ... It was too strong an adjective.Lois Lowry -- The Giver
- He turned and wrote "distraught" on the instructional board.Lois Lowry -- The Giver
- When you came to my house and told me I was distraught.David Baldacci -- Zero Day
- Following, Charles Halloway watched the distraught boy who led him; observed his head, his frame, the way his pelvis hung from his spine.Ray Bradbury -- Something Wicked This Way Comes
- In my defense, I was distraught about my children lying half-conscious at my feet.Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle
- "You're very distraught, which means 'upset."Lemony Snicket -- The Wide Window
- The last time she'd seen him, she'd been distraught; the last time they'd been together, he hadn't bothered to say good-bye.Nicholas Sparks -- The Last Song
- I sat on my bed, petting the still distraught Nala.P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -- Marked
- Leonardo is .... distraught.J.D. Robb -- Immortal in Death
- He lacked all capacity for sustained worry or the distraught vigilance that comes from paranoia.Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
- Catherine was near distraught: still, she persisted that she must go home, and tried entreaty in her turn, persuading him to subdue his selfish agony.Emily Bronte -- Wuthering Heights
- "I can see that for myself," he snapped, distraught.Geraldine Brooks -- Year of Wonders
- Teabing looked distraught.Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
- In the holding cell, I found Shay still distraught, his eyes squinched shut.Jodi Picoult -- Change of Heart
- The previous fall, when he'd come to take tea with Haji Ali, Mortenson had found Korphe's old nurmadhar distraught.Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin -- Three Cups of Tea
- My father gave money instead and she was distraught, saying that wasn't the same.Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala
distraught = distressed from grief
distraught = extremely distressed
distraught = severely worried or dismayed
distraught = severe worry or dismay
distraught = severe worry or dismay