All 3 Uses of
distraught
in
Medea, by Euripides - (translated by: E.P. Coleridge)
- (strophe 2) With mind distraught didst thou thy father's house desert on thy voyage betwixt ocean's twin rocks, and on a foreign strand thou dwellest thy bed left husbandless, poor lady, and thou an exile from the land, dishonoured, persecuted†
*distraught = extremely distressed
- why am I thus distraught, why so angered 'gainst all good advice, why have I come to hate the rulers of the land, my husband too, who does the best for me he can, in wedding with a princess and rearing for my children noble brothers?†
- Art not distraught, lady, who hearest with joy the outrage to our royal house done, and art not at the horrid tale afraid?†
Definition:
extremely distressed--typically with worry or grief that interferes with clear thinking