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Definition
extremely distressed—typically with worry or grief
- She still couldn't believe her beloved "daddy" had been so lost and distraught that he took his own life.p. 569.8
- Both were crying, distraught, almost inconsolable.p. 369.4
- Angry, distraught men, rural types raised around guns and rifles and upset enough to do something drastic.p. 370.4
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