Definition of Distreught
Dis*traught" (?), p. p. & a. [OE.
distract, distrauht. See Distract,
a.] 1. Torn asunder;
separated. [Obs.] "His greedy throat . . . distraught."
Spenser.
2. Distracted; perplexed.
"Distraught twixt fear and pity." Spenser.
As if thou wert distraught and mad with
terror. Shak.
To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls
Which are the most distraught and full of pain.
Mrs. Browning.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed.
His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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