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100 Best Synonyms for “Distress”

September 10, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. adversity difficult or unlucky situation
2. affliction something causing pain or suffering
3. agitation troubled nervous excitement
4. agony intense pain or torment
5. alarm sudden fear or concern
6. anguish severe mental or physical pain
7. anxiety worry or nervous unease
8. apprehension anxious expectation of trouble
9. bad way poor or troubled condition
10. bind difficult or restrictive situation
11. bother trouble or mild distress
12. breakdown mental or physical collapse
13. burden heavy load or hardship
14. calamity serious misfortune or disaster
15. collapse sudden failure or breakdown
16. concern worry or anxiety
17. consternation sudden anxiety or dismay
18. cross burden or hardship
19. dejection low spirits or sadness
20. depression deep sadness or low mood
21. desolation deep misery or emptiness
22. despair complete loss of hope
23. despondency loss of hope and courage
24. discomfort slight pain or uneasiness
25. dismay distress caused by disappointment
26. disquiet uneasy feeling or worry
27. dread great fear or apprehension
28. embarrassment self-conscious discomfort or shame
29. excruciation intense suffering or pain
30. fear an unpleasant feeling of danger
31. fix awkward or difficult situation
32. foreboding fear of something bad
33. forlornness pitiful loneliness or sadness
34. frustration upset from blocked goals
35. funk low mood or fear
36. gloom dark sadness or depression
37. grief deep sorrow or sadness
38. guilt feeling of having done wrong
39. harassment persistent trouble or torment
40. hardship severe difficulty or suffering
41. heartache deep emotional pain
42. heartbreak overwhelming emotional sorrow
43. heaviness sadness or emotional weight
44. humiliation painful loss of dignity
45. hurt emotional or physical pain
46. irritation annoyance or slight anger
47. jam difficult situation or trouble
48. load burden or pressure
49. low spirits sad or discouraged mood
50. malady disease or serious problem
51. malaise general discomfort or unease
52. melancholy sad, thoughtful unhappiness
53. mental anguish intense emotional suffering
54. mess troubled or confused situation
55. misery great unhappiness or discomfort
56. misfortune bad luck or trouble
57. misgiving feeling of doubt or worry
58. mortification great embarrassment or shame
59. need poverty or urgent lack
60. nervousness anxious or uneasy feeling
61. oppression cruel or heavy pressure
62. ordeal painful or difficult experience
63. pain physical or emotional hurt
64. painfulness the quality of causing pain
65. panic sudden overwhelming fear
66. perturbation anxious uneasiness or disturbance
67. plight difficult or dangerous situation
68. predicament awkward or difficult situation
69. pressure stress or burden
70. privation lack of basic necessities
71. qualm uneasy feeling of doubt
72. regret sadness about something past
73. remorse deep regret or guilt
74. restlessness inability to relax calmly
75. setback reversal or hindrance
76. shame painful feeling of disgrace
77. shock sudden upsetting experience
78. sorrow sadness or regret
79. strain pressure causing stress or pain
80. straits state of trouble or need
81. stress mental or emotional pressure
82. suffering pain or hardship
83. tension mental or emotional strain
84. tight spot difficult situation
85. torment severe suffering or anguish
86. torture extreme physical or mental pain
87. trauma deep emotional or physical shock
88. tribulation great trouble or suffering
89. trouble difficulty or suffering
90. turmoil great disturbance or confusion
91. undoing cause of ruin or distress
92. unease slight anxiety or discomfort
93. uproar loud disturbance or turmoil
94. upset emotional disturbance or worry
95. vexation annoyance or distress
96. want state of poverty or lack
97. woe great sorrow or trouble
98. woefulness state of deep sorrow
99. worry anxious concern or trouble
100. wretchedness extreme unhappiness or misery

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