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distraught
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of DISTRAUGHT
feeling overwhelming fear or worry <distraught relatives waiting to learn whether there were any survivors of the plane crash>
Synonyms agitated, delirious, distracted, distrait, distraught, frenzied, hysterical (also hysteric)
Related Words alarmed, anxious, disquieted, disturbed, nervous, perturbed, tense, troubled, upset, worried, wrought (up); affrighted, aghast, alarmed, fearful, frightened, horrified, scared, spooked, terrified, terrorized; ballistic, berserk, crazed, demented, deranged, mad, maniacal (also maniac), nuclear; raging, ranting, raving
Near Antonyms calm, peaceful, placid, self-possessed, serene, tranquil; cool, coolheaded, undisturbed, unperturbed, unshaken, untroubled, unworried
Antonyms collected, composed, recollected, self-collected, self-composed, self-possessed, unhysterical
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