DISTRAUGHT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DISTRAUGHT?

Need another word that means the same as “distraught”? Find 6 synonyms and 30 related words for “distraught” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Distraught” are: overwrought, worried, upset, distressed, fraught, shattered

Distraught as an Adjective

Definitions of "Distraught" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “distraught” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Very worried and upset.
• Deeply agitated especially from emotion.

Synonyms of "Distraught" as an adjective (6 Words)

distressed	Suffering from extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain. The distressed relatives of his victims.
fraught	Marked by distress. She sounded a bit fraught.
overwrought	Deeply agitated especially from emotion. She was too overwrought to listen to reason.
shattered	Very upset. Our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity.
upset	Unhappy, disappointed, or worried. With everything so upset.
worried	Anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems. There was a worried frown on his face.

Usage Examples of "Distraught" as an adjective

• Distraught parents looking for a runaway teenager.
• He is terribly distraught.
• Distraught with grief.

Associations of "Distraught" (30 Words)

affliction	A cause of pain or harm. Poor people in great affliction.
angst	An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom. The existential angst of the middle classes.
anguish	Cause emotional anguish or make miserable. She shut her eyes in anguish.
anxious	Feeling or showing worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome. There were some anxious moments.
dejected	Sad and depressed; dispirited. He stood in the street looking dejected.
dejection	Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels. He was slumped in deep dejection.
despondency	Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless. An air of despondency.
disappoint	Prevent (hopes or expectations) from being realized. The governing coalition had bitterly disappointed the hopes of its voters.
disappointment	A person or thing that causes disappointment. His hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment.
distrait	Having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety. He seemed oddly distrait.
distressed	Impoverished. I was distressed at the news of his death.
gloom	A state of partial or total darkness. A black yew gloom d the stagnant air.
grief	Something that causes great unhappiness. Time heals griefs and quarrels.
heartache	Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death. A good friend understands your heartaches as well as your joys.
horrible	Provoking horror- Winston Churchill. A horrible massacre.
hysterical	Characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria- Morris Fishbein. Janet became hysterical and began screaming.
inattentive	Not showing due care or attention. An inattentive babysitter.
loneliness	Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned. The loneliness of a sailor s life.
miserable	Miserly. He felt depressed and miserable.
mourn	Observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one. She mourned for her friends who died in the accident.
sad	Of things that make you feel sad. He told her the sad story of his life.
sadness	The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness. A source of great sadness.
sorrow	An event or circumstance that causes sorrow. He tried to express his sorrow at her loss.
terrible	Used to emphasize the extent of something unpleasant or bad. Terrible handwriting.
throes	Violent pangs of suffering. He convulsed in his death throes.
tragedy	The dramatic genre represented by tragedies. Greek tragedy.
troubled	Characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need. His troubled private life.
upset	The act of upsetting something. She looked pale and upset.
woe	Things that cause sorrow or distress; troubles. To add to his woes customers have been spending less.
worry	Be on the mind of. He s demented with worry.