distraught

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a. 烦恼的, 心烦意乱的, 发狂的

发音

UK /dɪsˈtɹɔːt/
其它

词形变化

more distraught 比较级 most distraught 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.

    懊恼

    烦乱的

    His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.

  2. 2.

    Mad; insane.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

overwrought

近义相关 1

agitated

词源

From Middle English distraught, blend of distract (“distracted”) and straught (“stretched, distraught”), past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”). Compare also bestraught, extraught, forstraught, etc. More at distract, stretch.

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