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

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

The synonyms of “Dysfunctional” are: nonadaptive, troubled, distressed, unsettled, upset, distraught

Dysfunctional as an Adjective

Definitions of "Dysfunctional" as an adjective

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

• Failing to serve an adjustive purpose.
• Not operating normally or properly.
• Unable to deal adequately with normal social relations.
• (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose.
• Impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ.

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

distraught	Very worried and upset. Distraught parents looking for a runaway teenager.
distressed	Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief. Women in distressed circumstances.
nonadaptive	Failing to serve an adjustive purpose.
troubled	Characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need. These troubled areas.
unsettled	Not settled or established. An unsettled childhood.
upset	Thrown into a state of disarray or confusion. The Bills upset victory over the Houston Oilers.

Usage Examples of "Dysfunctional" as an adjective

• Dysfunctional behavior.
• An emotionally dysfunctional businessman.
• The telephones are dysfunctional.
• Dysfunctional families.

Associations of "Dysfunctional" (30 Words)

accident	An incidence of incontinence by a child or animal. He had a little accident but I washed his shorts out.
afflicted	Grievously affected especially by disease.
anarchy	A state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government. He must ensure public order in a country threatened with anarchy.
casualty	A decrease of military personnel or equipment. The Insurers acquire all the Policyholder s rights in respect of the casualty which caused the loss.
chaotic	Completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing. The political situation was chaotic.
damaged	Harmed or injured or spoiled. I won t buy damaged goods.
deform	Become distorted or misshapen undergo deformation. The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake.
diminished	Of an organ or body part diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use. A diminished role for local government.
disorderly	Lacking organization; untidy. Disorderly conduct.
disorganized	Unable to plan one’s activities efficiently. A thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose.
eddy	A circular movement of water causing a small whirlpool. An eddy of chill air swirled into the carriage.
eviscerate	Having been disembowelled. Eviscerate the stomach.
impaired	Mentally or physically unfit. Sight impaired children.
injured	Harmed. A road accident left him severely injured.
irreversibly	In an irreversible manner. Our landscape will be irreversibly damaged.
lacerate	Cut or tear irregularly. The point had lacerated his neck.
machine	Turn shape mold or otherwise finish by machinery. The party s fund raising is helping it to build a formidable political machine.
maelstrom	A powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river. The train station was a maelstrom of crowds.
painfully	Unpleasantly. Progress was painfully slow.
purl	Knit with a purl stitch. The water was purling.
rehabilitate	Help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute. Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime.
roil	Be agitated. The sea roiled below her.
scarred	Blemished by injury or rough wear. A face scarred by anxiety.
swirl	Turn in a twisting or spinning motion. The smoke was swirling around him.
tornado	A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground. Teenagers caught up in a tornado of sexual confusion.
transformed	Given a completely different form or appearance. Shocked to see the transformed landscape.
tumultuous	Excited, confused, or disorderly. A tumultuous crowd.
vortex	The shape of something rotating rapidly. A swirling vortex of emotions.
whirlpool	Flow in a circular current, of liquids. He was drawing her down into an emotional whirlpool.
wounded	People who are wounded. A wounded soldier.