distraught, adjective, /dɪˈstrɔːt/
so upset and worried that you cannot think clearly.
so upset that you are not able to think clearly or behave normally.
Relatives are tonight comforting the distraught parents.
Distraught relatives are waiting for news of the missing children.
She was distraught over the death of her partner.
dissident, noun, /ˈdɪsɪdənt/
someone who publicly criticizes the government in a country where this is punished.
someone who strongly and publicly disagrees with and criticizes the government.
a political dissident.
Many political dissidents were arrested.
dissident, adjective [only before noun], /ˈdɪsɪdənt/
dissident writers.
dissident scholars/students.
the dissident movement.
dissidence, noun, /’dɪsədəns/
political/religious dissidence [=dissent].
