Both Uses
distraught
in
The Odyssey, by Homer (translated by: Butcher & Lang)
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- She went on her way to the house of divine Odysseus; and there she shed sweet sleep upon the wooers and made them distraught in their drinking, and cast the cups from their hands.†
Book 2 *distraught = extremely distressed
- Then wise Penelope answered her: 'Dear nurse, the gods have made thee distraught, the gods that can make foolish even the wisdom of the wise, and that stablish the simple in understanding.†
Book 23
Definitions:
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(1)
(distraught) extremely distressed--typically with worry or grief that interferes with clear thinking
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)