Distraught - English meaning

adjective

Mad; insane.

Usage examples:

A deranged gunman

verb

Make (someone) insane.

Usage examples:

That business last month must have deranged him a bit

adjective

Behaving in a way that is dangerous or not controlled because of mental illness

Usage examples:

A deranged patient

adjective

Feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with.

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A desperate sadness enveloped ruth

adjective

Showing a willingness to take any risk in order to change a bad or dangerous situation

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The ads are a desperate attempt to win last-minute votes., desperate criminals, there’s a desperate…

adjective

Very serious or bad

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Desperate poverty, desperate shortage the refugees are living in camps, where there's a desperate s…

verb

Destroy or ruin.

Usage examples:

The city was devastated by a huge earthquake

adjective

Completely destroyed

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Thousands of people have left their devastated villages and fled to the mountains., she was utterly…

adjective

Very shocked and upset

Usage examples:

She was utterly devastated when her husband died.

adjective

Suffering from extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

I was distressed at the news of his death

verb

Cause (someone) anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

I didn't mean to distress you

adjective

Distressed debts, etc. are sold to investors at very low prices because there is a high risk that the company owing them will be unable to pay them back. investors buy them because they hope to get back more from the company owing the money than they have paid for the debts

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The texas-based firm buys distressed assets from financial institutions and liquidates them at a pr…

adjective

(of a situation or course of action) filled with or likely to result in (something undesirable).

Usage examples:

Marketing any new product is fraught with danger

adjective

Full of (unpleasant things such as problems or dangers)

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Writing about science at a popular level is a task fraught with difficulty.

adjective

Full of unpleasant things such as problems or dangers

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Fraught with difficulties the negotiations have been fraught with difficulties right from the start.

adjective

Wildly excited or uncontrolled.

Usage examples:

A frenzied attack

adjective

Uncontrolled and excited, sometimes violent

Usage examples:

The office was a scene of frenzied activity this morning., as the evening wore on the dancing got m…

adjective

Affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion.

Usage examples:

Janet became hysterical and began screaming

idiom

To become nervous and upset

Usage examples:

She got into a real state before her driving test.

verb

Succeed in dealing with (a problem or difficulty).

Usage examples:

He overcame his pain for a time

adjective

In a state of nervous excitement or anxiety.

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She was too overwrought to listen to reason

noun

Irrational or incoherent talk.

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The ravings of a madwoman

adjective

Used to emphasize a particular quality.

Usage examples:

She'd never been a raving beauty

verb

Talk incoherently, as if one were delirious or mad.

Usage examples:

Nancy's having hysterics and raving about a ghost

adjective

Very upset.

Usage examples:

He was said to be absolutely shattered after losing his job

verb

Break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces.

Usage examples:

Bullets riddled the bar top, glasses shattered, bottles exploded

adjective

Broken into very small pieces

Usage examples:

Shattered glass lay all over the road., the family were shattered by the news of annabel's suicide.…

verb

Make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

The accusation upset her

noun

An unexpected result or situation.

Usage examples:

The greatest upset in boxing history

adjective

Unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

She looked pale and upset

verb

Be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work.

Usage examples:

She has been working so hard

noun

Activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result.

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He was tired after a day's work

noun

A task or tasks to be undertaken.

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They made sure the work was progressing smoothly

adjective

Anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems.

Usage examples:

Michelle knew that her friends were very worried about her

verb

Feel or cause to feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems.

Usage examples:

He worried about his soldier sons in the war

adjective

Anxious because you're thinking about problems or other unpleasant things that are happening or may happen

Usage examples:

We were very worried when he did not answer his phone., she had a worried look on her face.