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distraught
dis·traught [ di stráwt ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
extremely upset: extremely upset and distressed
[14th century. Alteration of archaic distract "perplexed" < Latin distractus, past participle of distrahere (see distract)]

dis·traught·ly adverb
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