Synonyms of distraught
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Another word for distraught is crazy. Other synonyms of distraught are weird, mad, distressed, pained and bananas.
Synonyms and similar words for distraught
adjectiveDeeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.
- distressedAnxious or uneasy.
- heartsoreHeartsick.
- painedIn pain, especially in an emotional sense.
- agonised/agonized
- tormented
- tortured
adjectiveMad; insane.
- crackedCrazy; crackpot.
- demented
- 5150 US, slangOf such an unsound mind that one should be involuntarily confined.
- bananasCrazy, mad, nuts.
- barking
- barking madCompletely insane.
- buggishCrazy.
- buggy slang
- bughouse slangCrazy, insane.
- barmyCrazy, mad; also, eccentric, odd, strange.
- batchy BritishOf unsound mind, crazy; lacking good sense or judgment, silly.
- batpoopToo irrational to be dealt with sanely.
- batsMad, insane.
- batty
- bonkersMad; crazy.
- bread baskets British
- crackersCrazy, insane.
- cra-cra slang
- cray slangCrazy.
- cray-cray slangCrazy.
- crazed
- crazyOf unsound mind; insane; demented.
- crazy as a bedbugUtterly mad; insane.
- crazy as a cootieCompletely crazy; insane.
- crazy as a cootie bugCompletely crazy; insane.
- crazy as a pet coonDemented or crazy.
- cuckooCrazy; not sane.
- daffySomewhat mad or eccentric.
- daftCrazy, insane, mad.
- derangedInsane.
- disturbed
- doolally BritishEccentric; insane, mad.
- dotty
- eccentric
- fruit loopsCrazy; deranged; fruity.
- gaga
- hatstandCrazy, insane.
- harebrained
- insane
- kooky
- loon
- loco
- loony
- loony tunesInsane; crazy.
- loopy
- lunatic
- madInsane; crazy; mentally deranged.
- mental
- mentally illHaving a psychological disorder.
- meshigener
- meshuggeCrazy, mad, senseless, insane.
- nertsCrazy; nuts.
- non compos mentis literaryInsane; not of sound mind; not in control of oneself.
- nonsane
- nucking futs euphemistic, humorousFucking nuts; completely insane.
- nut jobSomeone who is crazy (insane).
- nutballsCrazy, insane, unhinged.
- nut
- nuts
- nutso
- nuttyBarmy: eccentric, odd; crazy, mad, insane.
- nutter
- off the beamCrazy; insane.
- off the chain
- over the edgeInsane, having lost control.
- potty
- psychoPsychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
- psychoceramicCrackpot.
- psychotic
- sickoCharacterized by depraved tastes or habits; deviant.
- screwyCrazy; silly; ridiculous.
- squirrellyEccentric.
- starkers British
- tonto BritishSynonym of crazy.
- unbalanced
- unsane
- wackadoodleCrazy, irrational, or eccentric.
- weirdHaving an unusually strange character or behaviour.
- whackjobA crazy, possibly dangerous, person.
- whacko
- whacky
- wodeMad, angry, crazy, insane, possessed, rabid, furious, frantic.
- yampy BritishBarmy; mad; daft.
- zany euphemistic
- apeshit
- batcrapToo irrational to be dealt with sanely.
- batshitExtremely irrational or unreasonable, insane, crazy.
- bat-shit
- fucked in the headNot right mentally: perverted, stupid, or mentally ill.
- fucked up
- ripshit
- moonsick obsoleteInsane or emotionally deranged, either temporarily or permanently.
Meaning of distraught
- adjective Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.
- adjective Mad; insane.
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