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100 Best Synonyms for “Upset”

September 11, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. agitated nervous, excited, and troubled
2. agonized in severe emotional pain
3. angry feeling strong displeasure
4. anguished suffering deep emotional pain
5. annoyed slightly angry or bothered
6. appalled shocked and disturbed
7. bent out of shape annoyed or offended
8. beside oneself overwhelmed with emotion
9. blue sad or depressed
10. boiling very angry
11. bothered annoyed or troubled
12. broken up very sad or distressed
13. chafed irritated or annoyed
14. concerned worried or troubled
15. crestfallen sad and disappointed
16. cross slightly angry or annoyed
17. crushed deeply disappointed or hurt
18. cut up deeply upset or hurt
19. dejected sad and lacking confidence
20. disgruntled annoyed and dissatisfied
21. disheartened discouraged and saddened
22. dismayed distressed and disappointed
23. displeased not satisfied or happy
24. distraught deeply upset and distressed
25. distressed feeling emotional pain or trouble
26. disturbed emotionally unsettled or bothered
27. downcast sad and discouraged
28. edgy tense and irritable
29. enraged filled with anger
30. exasperated intensely irritated
31. flustered confused and agitated
32. forlorn sad and lonely
33. frantic wildly anxious or upset
34. fretful worried and irritable
35. frustrated annoyed by difficulty or failure
36. fuming showing strong anger
37. galled made resentful or irritated
38. gloomy sad and low in spirits
39. glum sad and gloomy
40. grieved feeling deep sorrow
41. hassled troubled by annoyances
42. heartbroken deeply saddened
43. heartsick deeply unhappy
44. hot under the collar angry and agitated
45. hurt emotionally pained
46. hysterical wildly emotional or distressed
47. in a state very upset or agitated
48. incensed very angry
49. inconsolable unable to be comforted
50. indignant angry at unfairness
51. irked slightly annoyed
52. irritated mildly angry or annoyed
53. jittery nervous and shaky
54. low feeling sad or weak
55. mad angry or upset
56. miffed slightly annoyed or offended
57. miserable very unhappy
58. moody gloomy or irritable
59. nettled annoyed or irritated
60. offended hurt or insulted
61. on edge tense and easily upset
62. out of joint disturbed or annoyed
63. out of sorts slightly unwell or irritable
64. outraged shocked and angry
65. overwhelmed overpowered by emotion or pressure
66. overwrought too emotional and tense
67. pained caused emotional hurt
68. peeved annoyed or irritated
69. perturbed anxious or unsettled
70. piqued slightly offended or irritated
71. provoked stirred to anger
72. put out annoyed or inconvenienced
73. rankled caused lingering irritation
74. rattled nervous and unsettled
75. raw emotionally exposed and hurt
76. resentful feeling bitter anger
77. sad feeling unhappy
78. shaken emotionally disturbed or shocked
79. sickened deeply disturbed or disgusted
80. sore hurt or resentful
81. sorrowful full of sadness
82. stricken suddenly affected by distress
83. stung hurt by criticism or insult
84. tearful close to crying
85. tense nervous and strained
86. thrown made confused or unsettled
87. tormented severely troubled or distressed
88. torn up deeply distressed
89. troubled worried or emotionally disturbed
90. undone emotionally overwhelmed
91. uneasy anxious or uncomfortable
92. unhappy not happy; sad or displeased
93. unnerved made anxious or uneasy
94. unsettled feeling uneasy or disturbed
95. vexed annoyed and worried
96. woeful very sad
97. worked up emotionally excited or upset
98. worried thinking about possible trouble
99. wounded emotionally hurt
100. wretched deeply unhappy
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