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Distraught vs Fidgety - What's the difference?

distraught | fidgety |

As adjectives the difference between distraught and fidgety

is that distraught is deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed while fidgety is having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget.

distraught

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed.
    • His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.

    Derived terms

    * distraughtly * distraughtness

    Synonyms

    * distressed * pained

    fidgety

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget.
    • Her mother hated taking her on the plane because she would become fidgety and bother her neighbours.

    Derived terms

    * fidgetily * fidgetiness