as in agitated
feeling overwhelming fear or worry
distraught relatives waiting to learn whether there were any survivors of the plane crash
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Recent Examples of distraught
But the work often takes an emotional toll, Speer said, reflecting on a difficult search in January for a distraught 17-year-old girl.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Already out, distraught Bode had to be restrained by Jake from going back in to help his family as the building started to crumble.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
Seeking blankets in the ER’s makeshift morgue, Whitaker runs into a distraught Dr. Robby (Noah Wyle) breaking down after losing the girlfriend of his sort-of stepson — and still suffering from PTSD on the anniversary of his mentor’s death from COVID.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
She wasn’t moved to tears by Lainey Wilson’s headlining performance, nor was the singer-songwriter from rural San Luis Obispo, California, distraught over any kind of personal trauma triggered by Wilson’s lyrics (country songs are known for having this kind of effect, after all).
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 29 Apr. 2025
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The grizzly was even more agitated, rocking back and forth, making mini-lunges.—
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Bella and Edward, the most inhumanly beautiful Cullen of all, meet-cute-ish when she’s forced to sit next to him in biology lab and he seems agitated by her presence, even repulsed.—
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However, because the pool was shallow, Lisberg was less worried.—
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While Herzig is hoping to win a million dollars, his guests are all worried about their own various fantasy teams, mostly competing for a few hundred bucks.—
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The frightened Maltese was swimming in circles, but Desalvo and his colleagues were able to pull her to safety.—
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The first few attempts to free the dog failed, then the rescuers cleverly used a tarp to hoist the frightened animal to safety.—
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The pair embark on a playdate at a beachfront promenade before holing up in a foreign hotel to evade an increasingly frantic Lee.—
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What followed was a frantic scramble to get the wounded to the nearest hospital.—
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Well, Netflix has found another one of these aspirational gurus who are scared to die and are willing to go to extreme lengths to preserve their physique — at any cost.—
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More news: 3 Dodgers Under Most Pressure to Perform Following Shocking Roster Move While some fans appeared to be understandably scared, many just remained in their seats, seemingly unaware of the animal scurrying around them.—
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Santa Margarita 6, Huntington Beach 5: Chase Marlow singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning to give the Eagles an upset over Sunset League champion Huntington Beach.—
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This was from Chris Haynes, reporting that Michael Beasley (yes, that Michael Beasley) is upset that the expansion Miami Big 3 team drafted Lance Stephenson (yes, that Lance Stephenson), and is contemplating requesting a trade.—
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“Distraught.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distraught. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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