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DISTRAUGHT Synonyms

There are 22 synonyms of the word distraught. (exact relations)
There are 10 hypernyms of the word distraught. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for DISTRAUGHT

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distressed
adjectiveadj
adjective

• generalized feeling of distress

adjective satellite

• facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty

• suffering severe physical strain or distress

• afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

overwrought
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• deeply agitated especially from emotion

agitated
adjectiveadj
adjective

• troubled emotionally and usually deeply

• physically disturbed or set in motion

anguished
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• experiencing intense pain especially mental pain

anxious
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• eagerly desirous

• causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

desolate
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• providing no shelter or sustenance

• crushed by grief

verb

• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

• reduce in population

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

despairing
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope

discomposed
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• having your composure disturbed

flustered
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)

frantic
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion

• marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

frenzied
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason

• excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion

hysterical
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria

• marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion

inconsolable
adjectiveadj
adjective

• sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled

panicked
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation

perturbed
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)

rattled
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective satellite

• thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)

tormented
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• experiencing intense pain especially mental pain

• tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears

troubled
adjectiveadj
adjective

• characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need

adjective satellite

• characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

upset
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• an unhappy and worried mental state

• the act of disturbing the mind or body

• a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning

• a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging

• the act of upsetting something

• an improbable and unexpected victory

adjective satellite

• afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

• thrown into a state of disarray or confusion

• used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win

• mildly physically distressed

• having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom

verb

• disturb the balance or stability of

• cause to lose one's composure

• move deeply

• cause to overturn from an upright or normal position

• form metals with a swage

• defeat suddenly and unexpectedly

worried
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

• mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc

Best Hypernyms For DISTRAUGHT

Here is a list of related hypernyms for distraught, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (10)
agitated anxious discomposed distressed perturbed troubled unsettled upset frazzled overwhelmed

Alternatives for DISTRESSED

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