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.
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A city . . . distracted from itself. --Fuller.
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2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different
directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the
eye; to distract the attention.
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Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination.
--Goldsmith.
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3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of
motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
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Horror and doubt distract
His troubled thoughts. --Milton.
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4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to
madden; -- most frequently used in the participle,
distracted.
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A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her.
--Shak.
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Distraught
\Dis*traught"\, p. p. & a. [OE. distract, distrauht.
See
Distract, a.]
1. Torn asunder; separated. [Obs.]
“His greedy throat . . .
distraught.” --Spenser.
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2. Distracted; perplexed.
“Distraught twixt fear and pity.”
--Spenser.
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As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror.
--Shak.
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To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls
Which are the most distraught and full of pain.
--Mrs.
Browning.
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