Synonyms for distraught
dɪˈstrɔtdis·traught

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1. distraughtadjective

   Synonyms:
   pained, distressed

2. distraughtadjective

   Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed.

   His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.

   Synonyms:
   pained, distressed

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:2.5 / 6 votes

1. distraught, overwroughtadjective

   deeply agitated especially from emotion

   "distraught with grief"

   Synonyms:
   overwrought

   Antonyms:
   unagitated

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1. List of paraphrases for "distraught":

   frantic, panicky, upset, desperate, disgusted

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How to use distraught in a sentence?

1. Mike Pingel:

   I did get confirmation [of her death], but that was from a very distraught person [Roberts boyfriend, Lance OBrien].

2. Casey Kirsch:

   I sat in the corner of my couch and I sobbed all night, we were both so distraught and neither of us were strong enough to lean on each other.

3. Katie Wales:

   He looked at me and he said, 'You are just a distraught young lady, you are mentally unstable,' and didn't believe me and proceeded to completely ignore what I told him, and I think that's what upset me more than anything else, was the fact that he didn't believe me and it still happened to other girls after me. Nothing was done.

4. Kevin Sullivan:

   He was in a house where someone died and he’s completely distraught because of it.

5. Reedley Police Chief Joe Garza:

   Very distraught, i think he is still in shock.