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Synonyms for distraught

The synonym for distraught recorded in this bank is overwrought, in the sense "deeply agitated especially from emotion". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for distraught

overwroughtadjective, in the sense "deeply agitated especially from emotion"

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The senseadjectiveTier 4, High Camp

deeply agitated especially from emotion

Distraught with grief.

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The true synonym

overwrought

Same sentence, swapped: Overwrought with grief.

Close but different

The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.

demented
rambling
loco

Where distraught turns up in the game

distraught is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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