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100 Best Synonyms for “Troubled”

May 22, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. adrift emotionally uncertain or lost
2. afflicted suffering from something painful
3. agitated nervous and emotionally stirred
4. alarmed suddenly worried or frightened
5. anguished suffering intense emotional pain
6. anxious uneasy and concerned
7. apprehensive anxious about the future
8. ashamed feeling shame and distress
9. bedeviled persistently troubled or plagued
10. beleaguered under persistent pressure
11. beset troubled from many sides
12. besieged surrounded by troubles
13. bewildered confused and troubled
14. bothered worried or upset
15. broken emotionally crushed
16. burdened weighed down by problems
17. careladen burdened with worries
18. careworn showing effects of worry
19. concerned feeling worry or care
20. conflicted torn by opposing feelings
21. confused unable to think clearly
22. crushed deeply hurt or defeated
23. despairing having lost hope
24. desperate in severe emotional distress
25. discomposed disturbed and unsettled
26. disconcerted made confused and uneasy
27. disquieted made uneasy or anxious
28. distraught extremely upset and agitated
29. distressed deeply upset or suffering
30. disturbed mentally or emotionally unsettled
31. edgy tense and irritable
32. embattled under pressure and attack
33. exercised worried or troubled
34. fearful feeling fear or worry
35. flustered agitated and confused
36. forlorn sad and abandoned-feeling
37. fraught filled with distress or tension
38. fretful habitually worried or irritable
39. gloomy sad and pessimistic
40. glum gloomy and unhappy
41. guilt-ridden full of guilt
42. harassed troubled by repeated pressure
43. hard-pressed under severe pressure
44. haunted persistently troubled by memories
45. heartsick deeply saddened or distressed
46. heavyhearted sad and weighed down
47. high-strung very nervous and tense
48. ill at ease uncomfortable and uneasy
49. in a state visibly upset or agitated
50. in distress suffering emotionally
51. in turmoil in emotional confusion
52. jittery nervous and shaky
53. lost confused and directionless
54. miserable very unhappy and distressed
55. morose sullen and gloomy
56. muddled mentally confused and upset
57. nervy nervous or high-strung
58. not right emotionally or mentally off
59. obsessed troubled by persistent thoughts
60. on edge tense and easily upset
61. oppressed weighed down mentally
62. out of balance emotionally unstable
63. out of sorts slightly upset or unwell
64. overburdened loaded with too much
65. overwhelmed overcome by stress or emotion
66. overwrought extremely nervous or upset
67. pained emotionally hurt or distressed
68. panicky showing sudden intense fear
69. perplexed puzzled and uneasy
70. perturbed disturbed or bothered
71. plagued continually troubled or bothered
72. preoccupied absorbed by troubling thoughts
73. rattled nervous and unsettled
74. raw emotionally exposed and sore
75. regretful feeling sorrow for something
76. remorseful troubled by guilt
77. restless unable to relax or rest
78. shaken emotionally disturbed or shocked
79. shattered emotionally devastated
80. sick at heart deeply distressed
81. sorely tried severely tested by hardship
82. strained tense or under pressure
83. stressed under mental pressure
84. tense nervous and not relaxed
85. tormented severely distressed or tortured
86. tried worn down by hardship
87. under strain experiencing strong pressure
88. undone emotionally overwhelmed
89. uneasy slightly worried or uncomfortable
90. unhinged mentally disturbed or unstable
91. unmoored without emotional stability
92. unsettled not calm or stable
93. unstable emotionally or mentally unsound
94. upset emotionally disturbed or unhappy
95. vexed annoyed and troubled
96. woebegone sad and miserable
97. woeful full of sorrow or distress
98. worked up emotionally agitated
99. worried feeling concern or anxiety
100. wretched deeply unhappy or distressed

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