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100 Best Synonyms for “Distraught”

September 8, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. aghast shocked and deeply upset
2. agitated nervously upset and disturbed
3. alarmed frightened and concerned
4. anguished suffering intense emotional pain
5. anxious worried and uneasy
6. appalled shocked and horrified
7. bereft deprived and grief-stricken
8. beside oneself overcome with extreme emotion
9. bewildered confused and upset
10. bothered worried or upset
11. bowled over overwhelmed by shock or emotion
12. brokenhearted devastated by sorrow or loss
13. burdened weighed down emotionally
14. cast down made sad or discouraged
15. confounded confused and disturbed
16. confused unclear-minded and upset
17. crazed wildly irrational or frantic
18. crestfallen sad and disappointed
19. crushed overwhelmed by emotional pain
20. crying shedding tears from distress
21. demented wildly irrational from distress
22. deranged mentally disturbed or frantic
23. desolate miserably sad and alone
24. desperate overcome by urgent distress
25. despondent low in spirits and hope
26. devastated overwhelmed by grief or shock
27. distracted unable to think clearly from distress
28. distrait absent-minded from worry or distress
29. distressed deeply upset or troubled
30. floored shocked and emotionally knocked down
31. flustered nervously confused or upset
32. forlorn sad, abandoned, and hopeless
33. frantic wildly anxious or panicked
34. frayed worn down by stress
35. frenzied wild with fear or distress
36. fretful restlessly worried or upset
37. fretting worrying and upset
38. gloomy sad and pessimistic
39. grief-crazed made frantic by grief
40. grief-stricken overcome by deep sorrow
41. grief-torn deeply torn by sorrow
42. haunted troubled by painful thoughts
43. heart-stricken struck by deep sorrow
44. heartbroken crushed by sorrow or loss
45. heartsick deeply sad or despondent
46. heavyhearted burdened with sadness
47. horrified shocked and frightened
48. hysterical wildly emotional and uncontrolled
49. in tears crying or near crying
50. inconsolable too upset to be comforted
51. low-spirited sad and lacking energy
52. mad with grief overwhelmed by sorrow
53. maddened driven nearly mad by distress
54. melancholy deeply sad and pensive
55. miserable very unhappy or distressed
56. mournful full of sorrow or grief
57. muddled confused and unsettled
58. off-balance emotionally unsettled or shaken
59. oppressed weighed down by misery
60. out of one’s mind wildly upset or frantic
61. overcome overwhelmed by strong emotion
62. overwhelmed overpowered by emotion or stress
63. overwrought extremely agitated or upset
64. panic-stricken overcome with fear and panic
65. panic-struck suddenly overwhelmed by panic
66. panicked overcome by sudden fear
67. perturbed worried, upset, or disturbed
68. plagued troubled repeatedly or deeply
69. racked torn by pain or distress
70. rattled unnerved and upset
71. reeling staggered by shock or distress
72. saddened made sad or sorrowful
73. shaken badly upset or disturbed
74. shaky trembling from fear or distress
75. shocked stunned and upset
76. sobbing crying with broken breaths
77. sorely troubled deeply worried or distressed
78. sorrowful full of deep sadness
79. stricken deeply affected by grief or trouble
80. tearful close to crying
81. terrified extremely frightened
82. thrown confused or unsettled
83. tormented suffering severe mental anguish
84. tortured suffering intense inner pain
85. troubled worried, upset, or disturbed
86. turbulent emotionally stormy or disturbed
87. unbalanced emotionally unstable or disturbed
88. unhinged mentally or emotionally unstable
89. unnerved made anxious, shaken, or upset
90. unsettled uneasy and emotionally disturbed
91. unstable emotionally unsteady or disturbed
92. upset emotionally troubled or unhappy
93. weeping crying from sorrow or distress
94. weighed down heavily burdened emotionally
95. woebegone showing deep misery or sorrow
96. worked up emotionally agitated or upset
97. worried sick extremely anxious and upset
98. wound up tense and agitated
99. wracked shaken by pain or distress
100. wretched extremely miserable or distressed

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