distraught

angustiado, desconsolado

Tan preocupado o alterado que le cuesta pensar o actuar con calma.

En inglés sencillo: So upset or worried that you find it difficult to think or act calmly.

• She was distraught when her dog disappeared.
• Distraught parents waited outside the hospital.
• He sounded distraught on the phone.

Cómo se usa: be distraught over/about something (She was distraught over the loss of her dog.); be distraught with something (His parents were distraught with worry.)

Sinónimos: distressed, frantic, devastated

Antónimos: calm

Expresiones frecuentes: distraught parents, distraught over something, distraught with worry, distraught widow