distraught

How many syllables in distraught?

  2 syllables

Divide distraught into syllables:   dis-traught
Stressed syllable in distraught:   dis-traught
How to pronounce distraught:   dih-strawt
How to say distraught:

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Synonyms for distraught


1 syllable
  • crazed
    2 syllables
    • cutup
    • distressed
    • troubled
    • worried
    • dismayed
    • flustered
    • upset
    3 syllables
      4 syllables
      • beside yourself
      • out of your mind
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      What rhymes with distraught

      1 syllable
      • aught
      • brought
      • fought
      • gaut
      • haut
      • naught
      • ought
      • snot
      • taught
      • thought
      • bought
      • caught
      • fraught
      • haught
      • lot
      • ot
      • rought
      • sought
      • taut
      • wat
      2 syllables
      3 syllables
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