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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1. Chris Coons:

   Jeff Flake said,' I'm concerned that we are tearing the country apart,' that the powerful testimony of Christine Blasey Ford did not seem to be taken seriously and investigated -- and that Judge Judge Kavanaugh and Judge Kavanaugh family were distraught by allegations that weren't credible.

2. John Frey:

   She talked to me about angels, and then about the hitchhiker, it wasn’t really like her to pick up hitchhikers, so I knew she was disoriented, and very much in grief, she was very upset and distraught about [the death].

3. Tommy Schaefer:

   I couldn't see for a moment because my eyes were so watery and I was distraught, I was in a state of mind, I had no idea what was happening. I was almost about to black out. And I grabbed it and I started swinging.

4. Kim Potter:

   I was very distraught. I just shot somebody. I'm sorry it happened, i'm so sorry.

5. Chris Christie:

   This is all going to come down to who's working the hardest at the end and who's going to make a connection, everybody from Trump on down should not feel the least bit comfortable about where they are or distraught about where they are. We've got two debates between now and then. There's a lot to do, so I feel good.