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Definition
extremely distressed—typically with worry or grief
- His face was tight and closed, but I could tell he was distraught.p. 180.8
- More distraught than I'd ever seen him, which surprised me, because Erma had seemed to have some sort of an evil hold over Dad, and I thought he'd be relieved to be free of it.p. 180.8
There are no more uses of "distraught" in The Glass Castle.
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