distraught
Beside oneself, upset
Distraught describes extreme emotional distress—upset to the point of being unable to think clearly or function normally.
The word suggests visible agitation: She was distraught when she heard about the accident.
Someone distraught with grief or worry may be tearful, frantic, or barely coherent.
It's stronger than upset or troubled, implying emotions have overwhelmed composure.
Wildly anxious or desperate
- frenziedWildly out of control
- panickedOverwhelmed by sudden fear
- hystericalEmotionally out of control
- beside oneselfOverwhelmed by intense emotion
unhinged · worked up · in a state · shaken · rattled · flustered · unsettled · disturbed
Overwhelmed with grief
- grief-strickenOverwhelmed by profound loss
- bereavedDeprived by death
- inconsolableUnable to be comforted
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
bereft · brokenhearted · mourning · grieving · lamenting · sorrowful · mournful · desolate
Subjected to severe distress
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- painedExpressing suffering or displeasure
- agonizedSuffered extreme distress
- torturedCaused intense suffering
distressed · troubled · despairing · hopeless · desperate · despondent · wretched · miserable
frantic
Wildly anxious or desperate
- frenziedWildly out of control
- panickedOverwhelmed by sudden fear
- hystericalEmotionally out of control
beside oneself · unhinged · worked up · in a state · shaken · rattled · flustered · unsettled · disturbed · discomposed
heartbroken
Overwhelmed with grief
- grief-strickenOverwhelmed by profound loss
- bereavedDeprived by death
- inconsolableUnable to be comforted
devastated · bereft · brokenhearted · mourning · grieving · lamenting · sorrowful · mournful · desolate · forlorn
tormented
Subjected to severe distress
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- painedExpressing suffering or displeasure
- agonizedSuffered extreme distress
tortured · distressed · troubled · despairing · hopeless · desperate · despondent · wretched · miserable · in agony
worried
Troubled by uncertainty
nervous · apprehensive · tense · frightened · terrified · scared · dreading · edgy · on edge · jittery
- griefgrief, mourning, bereavement, sorrow, grieving
- emotionaldramatic, hysterical, weepy, tearful, melodramatic
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken
- overwhelmedstressed, overwhelmed, stressed out, burnt out, burned out
distraughtcomposed
Calm and self-possessed
calm · collected · cool · self-possessed · coolheaded
distress, distract, distraction, distracted, distracting, overwrought, distractedly, distrait, distractor