dis·traught /dɪsˈtrɔt/
(a.)煩惱的,心痛的,發狂的
Dis·tract, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distracted, old p. p. Distraught; p. pr. & vb. n. Distracting.]
1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
A city . . . distracted from itself. --Fuller.
2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.
Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination. --Goldsmith.
3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
Horror and doubt distract
His troubled thoughts. --Milton.
4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted.
A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her. --Shak.
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Dis·traught p. p. & a.
1. Torn asunder; separated. [Obs.] “His greedy throat . . . distraught.”
2. Distracted; perplexed. “Distraught twixt fear and pity.”
As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror. --Shak.
To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls
Which are the most distraught and full of pain. --Mrs. Browning.
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distraught
adj : deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with
grief" [syn: overwrought]