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distraught

dis·traught

distraught

 
 
pronunciation:
dih strawt
features:
Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: adjective
definition 1: anxiously worried; distracted.
She became increasingly distraught, waiting to hear if her son was safe.
antonyms:
calm, collected, cool
definition 2: mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed.
The distraught man was restrained from jumping off the ledge.She said those things only because she was distraught with grief.
antonyms:
sane
similar words:
wild
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