Synonyms for distraught
- adjective
Most common
disturbed agitated deranged crazed heartbroken pained overwrought
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Disturbed — mad; insane
disturbed, agitated, mad, deranged, crazed, nervous, crazy, insane, demented, psycho, lunatic, mental, unbalanced, cracked, daft, batty, nuts, non compos, loco, unsane, delirious, unhinged
2. Heartbroken — deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress
heartbroken, pained, distressed, tormented, bereaved, wrought-up, heartsore, troubled
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.
His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.
- adj. 2
Mad; insane.
Related words
- Word family
- distraughtness
Example sentences
- disturbed Tom doesn't like being disturbed when he's eating.
- agitated She was agitated by the news of her lover's death.
- deranged A seriously deranged person lived in that forest.
- crazed Gunter heard a crazed howling outside.
- heartbroken William heard the confession and felt heartbroken.
- pained It pained Ziri to see that house in such a sorry state.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| distraught | rising | |
| disturbed | falling | |
| agitated | rising | |
| deranged | rising | |
| crazed | rising | |
| heartbroken | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- mad1
- 4 letters
- nuts1, daft1, loco2
- 5 letters
- crazy2, batty2
- 6 letters
- mental2, insane2, psycho2, crazed1, pained1, unsane
- 7 letters
- nervous2, cracked1, lunatic3
- 8 letters
- troubled2, agitated4, deranged2, demented3, unhinged2, bereaved2
- 9 letters
- disturbed2, tormented3, delirious4, heartsore
- 10 letters
- distressed2, unbalanced3
- 11 letters
- heartbroken3, overwrought3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (loco2 = 2 syllables).