If someone is distraught, they are so upset and worried that they cannot think clearly. His distraught parents were being comforted by relatives.

What is the synonym for distraught?

agitated, anxious, concerned, confused, crazy, distressed, frantic, hysterical, mad, perturbed, tormented, troubled, addled, beside oneself, bothered, crazed, discomposed, distracted, distrait, flustered.

What is something distraught?

1 : agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain distraught mourners. 2 : mentally deranged : crazed as if thou wert distraught and mad with terror— William Shakespeare.