Found 2 items, similar to Distraught.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: distraught distraught adj : deeply agitated especially from emotion; “distraught with grief” [syn: overwrought]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Distraught Distract \Dis*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distracted, old p. p. Distraught; p. pr. & vb. n. Distracting.] 1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin. [1913 Webster] A city . . . distracted from itself. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention. [1913 Webster] Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass. [1913 Webster] Horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted. [1913 Webster] A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Distraught \Dis*traught"\, p. p. & a. [OE. distract, distrauht. See Distract, a.] 1. Torn asunder; separated. [Obs.] “His greedy throat . . . distraught.” --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Distracted; perplexed. “Distraught twixt fear and pity.” --Spenser. [1913 Webster] As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls Which are the most distraught and full of pain. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]