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100 Best Synonyms for “Distressed”

September 29, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. aching filled with emotional pain
2. afflicted suffering mentally or physically
3. agitated nervous and emotionally unsettled
4. agonized suffering intense mental pain
5. alarmed suddenly worried or frightened
6. anguished filled with severe emotional pain
7. anxious uneasy and concerned
8. appalled greatly shocked and upset
9. battered emotionally bruised or worn
10. bereft saddened by loss
11. beset troubled from many sides
12. bewildered confused and troubled
13. bothered troubled or upset
14. brokenhearted deeply saddened by loss
15. bruised emotionally hurt or damaged
16. burdened weighed down emotionally
17. careworn showing worry and strain
18. cast down sad and discouraged
19. crestfallen sad and disappointed
20. crushed emotionally overwhelmed and hurt
21. dejected sad and dispirited
22. depressed very sad and low
23. desolate feeling empty and hopeless
24. despondent without hope; very low
25. devastated extremely upset or shocked
26. dispirited low in spirits
27. distraught deeply upset and confused
28. disturbed mentally or emotionally upset
29. downcast feeling low and discouraged
30. downhearted feeling discouraged and sad
31. flustered agitated and confused
32. forlorn sad and lonely
33. frazzled stressed and worn out
34. fretful worried and irritable
35. frustrated upset by blocked efforts
36. gloomy darkly unhappy or pessimistic
37. glum gloomy and unhappy
38. grief-stricken overcome with grief
39. grieved feeling deep sorrow
40. grieving feeling sorrow after loss
41. gutted deeply disappointed or upset
42. hard-hit badly affected or upset
43. harrowed deeply distressed or tormented
44. heartbroken overwhelmed by grief or sadness
45. heartsick deeply unhappy or disappointed
46. heavy-hearted sad and sorrowful
47. horrified shocked and deeply upset
48. hurt emotionally wounded or upset
49. ill at ease uncomfortable and uneasy
50. inconsolable unable to be comforted
51. indignant angrily upset by unfairness
52. injured hurt in feelings
53. jittery nervous and shaky
54. low feeling sad or weak
55. melancholy sad in a thoughtful way
56. miserable very unhappy or uncomfortable
57. morose sullenly gloomy
58. mournful expressing sorrow or sadness
59. mourning feeling grief after loss
60. nervous worried and tense
61. offended hurt by insult or slight
62. on edge tense and easily upset
63. oppressed weighed down mentally
64. outraged shocked and very angry
65. overwhelmed overpowered emotionally
66. overwrought extremely upset or excited
67. pain-stricken struck by emotional pain
68. pained caused emotional hurt
69. perturbed anxiously unsettled or bothered
70. rattled nervous and unsettled
71. resentful bitterly upset
72. sad feeling sorrow
73. shaken emotionally rattled or upset
74. shell-shocked badly shaken by events
75. shocked deeply surprised and upset
76. sick at heart deeply saddened
77. sorrowful full of sadness
78. stressed under mental or emotional strain
79. stricken seriously affected or upset
80. stunned temporarily overwhelmed or shocked
81. suffering experiencing pain or distress
82. tense nervous and strained
83. tormented suffering intense mental pain
84. traumatized deeply affected by trauma
85. troubled worried or emotionally burdened
86. undone emotionally overwhelmed
87. uneasy slightly worried or uncomfortable
88. unhappy not happy; sorrowful
89. unnerved made anxious or shaken
90. unsettled not calm or secure
91. unstrung nervously upset
92. upset emotionally troubled or unhappy
93. vexed annoyed and troubled
94. woe-filled full of sorrow
95. woe-stricken overcome with sorrow
96. woebegone showing great sadness
97. woeful full of sorrow
98. worried feeling concern or anxiety
99. wounded emotionally hurt
100. wretched deeply unhappy or afflicted

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