distraught

 
Pronunciation: /dɪˈstrɔːt/

adjective

  • very worried and upset: a distraught woman sobbed and screamed for help he is terribly distraught

Origin:

late Middle English: alteration of the obsolete adjective distract (from Latin distractus 'pulled apart'), influenced by straught, archaic past participle of stretch

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Remember that the ending of distraught is spelled -aught.