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| Main Entry: | distraught |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upset, worked-up |
| Synonyms: | addled, agitated, anxious, beside oneself, bothered, concerned, confused, crazed*, crazy, discomposed, distracted, distrait, distressed, flustered, frantic, harassed, hysterical, in a panic, like a chicken with its head cut off, mad, muddled, nonplussed, nuts*, out of one's mind, overwrought, perturbed, rattled, raving, shook up, thrown, tormented, troubled, unglued, unscrewed, unzipped, wild, worried |
| Notes: | distrait means 'absent-minded as a result of apprehension, worry, etc.' while distraught means 'agitated' and 'bewildered, distracted' |
| Antonyms: | calm, gladdened, happy, pleased, untroubled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | ashamed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | regretting, remorseful |
| Synonyms: | abashed, apologetic, bashful, blushing, conscience-stricken, contrite, crestfallen, debased, disconcerted, distraught, distressed, embarrassed, guilty, hesitant, humble, humiliated, meek, muddled, penitent, regretful, reluctant, repentant, shamed, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, sorry, submissive, chagrined, compunctious, demeaned, discomfited, flustered, humbled, mortified, stammering, stuttering |
| Antonyms: | bold, defiant, immodest, shameless, not sorry, unregretful, unremorseful, unself-conscious |
| Main Entry: | beside oneself |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a panic |
| Synonyms: | agitated, anxious, berserk, bothered, carried away, crazed, delirious, demented, distraught, distressed, frantic, frenetic, hysterical, insane, mad, out of one's mind, out of one's wit, overwrought, rattled, raving, shook up, unbalanced, unhinged, upset, very upset, worked-up |
| Main Entry: | demented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, insane |
| Synonyms: | bananas, bemused, crackbrained, daft, delirious, deranged, distracted, distraught, flipped out, foolish, frenzied, fruity, hysterical, idiotic, in the ozone, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, manic, non compos mentis, nutty as a fruitcake, out of one's gourd, out of one's tree, psycho, psychopathic, psychotic, schitzy, schizoid, unbalanced, unglued, unhinged*, unsound, whacko |
| Antonyms: | balanced, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upset |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, agitated, antsy, anxious, basket case*, bothered, concerned, cut up*, discombobulated*, disconsolate, distracted, distraught, fidgety, inconsolable, jittery, jumpy, miffed, peeved, perturbed, shaky, troubled, uptight*, wired, worried, wrecked, wretched, all torn up, bugged, bummed out, bundle of nerves, distrait, dragged, exercised, harassed, hyper, in a stew, in a tizzy, ripped, saddened, shook, shook up, shot down, spooked, strung out, tormented, unconsolable, unglued, up the wall |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, glad, happy, joyful, comforted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frantic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distressed, distracted |
| Synonyms: | agitated, angry, at wits' end, berserk, beside oneself*, corybantic, crazy, delirious, deranged, distraught, excited, flipped out, fraught, freaked out, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hectic, hot and bothered*, hot under the collar*, hyper, in a stew, in a tizzy, insane, keyed up, mad, out of control, overwrought, rabid, raging, raving, shook up, spazzed out, unglued, unscrewed, unzipped, violent, weird, weirded out, wigged out, wild, wired*, worked up, zonkers |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, composed, docile, peaceful, tranquil |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frenetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | maniacal |
| Synonyms: | delirious, demented, distraught, excited, fanatical, frantic, frenzied, furious, insane, mad, overwrought, rabid, unbalanced, wild, wired*, corybantic, furibund, hyper, in a lather, lost it, obsessive, phrenetic, unscrewed, weirded out, wigged out |
| Antonyms: | balanced, calm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frenzied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncontrolled |
| Synonyms: | agitated, berserk, delirious, distracted, distraught, excited, feverish, frantic, frenetic, furious, hysterical, mad, maniacal, nuts*, rabid, wild, convulsive, corybantic |
| Antonyms: | calm, controlled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hysterical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upset, excited |
| Synonyms: | agitated, berserk, beside oneself, blazing, crazed, crazy, delirious, distracted, distraught, emotional, fiery, frantic, frenzied, furious, impassioned, impetuous, incensed, irrepressible, mad, nervous, neurotic, overwrought, panic-stricken, passionate, possessed, rabid, raging, rampant, raving, spasmodic, tempestuous, turbulent, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, unrestrained, uproarious, vehement, violent, wild, carried away, convulsive, fuming, in a fit, maddened, seething, unnerved, worked up |
| Antonyms: | calm, serene, controlled |
| Main Entry: | inattentive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | negligent, not paying attention |
| Synonyms: | absent, absentminded, apathetic, blind, bored, careless, distracted, distraught, diverted, dreamy, faraway, heedless, inadvertent, indifferent, listless, lost*, musing, neglectful, oblivious, off-guard*, preoccupied, rapt, regardless, remiss, removed, scatterbrained*, thoughtless, unconscious, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, vague, distrait, inobservant, out to lunch, undiscerning, unnoticing, unobserving, unperceiving, unwatchful |
| Antonyms: | attentive, heedful, noticing, observant, looking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irrational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illogical, senseless |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, absurd, brainless, crazy, delirious, demented, disconnected, disjointed, distraught, fallacious, flaky*, foolish, incoherent, injudicious, insane, invalid, loony*, mad, mindless, nonsensical, nutty*, preposterous, raving, ridiculous, silly, specious, stupid, unreasonable, unsound, unstable, unthinking, unwise, wacky*, wild, wrong, cockamamie, freaky, kooky, off-the-wall, reasonless, sophistic, unreasoning |
| Antonyms: | logical, rational, reasonable, reflective, sensible, sound, stable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | neurotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally maladjusted |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anxious, basket case*, compulsive, deviant, disordered, disoriented, distraught, disturbed, erratic, hung up*, inhibited, manic, nervous, overwrought, unhealthy, unstable, upset, uptight, wired*, bundle of nerves, choked, clutched, hysteric, nervous wreck, obsessive, psychoneurotic |
| Antonyms: | balanced, sane, stable, adjusted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | worried |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, troubled |
| Synonyms: | afraid, apprehensive, beside oneself, bothered, concerned, distracted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, fearful, fretful, frightened, hung up*, ill at ease, nervous, on edge*, overwrought, perturbed, solicitous, tense, uneasy, upset, uptight, clutched, on pins and needles, tormented, worried stiff |
| Antonyms: | calm, untroubled, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | violent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destructive |
| Synonyms: | agitated, berserk, bloodthirsty, brutal, crazy, cruel, desperate, distraught, disturbed, enraged, fierce, fiery, forceful, forcible, frantic, furious, great, headstrong, homicidal, hotheaded*, hysterical, impassioned, impetuous, inflamed, intemperate, mad, maniacal, mighty, murderous, passionate, potent, powerful, raging, riotous, rough, savage, strong, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrestrained, urgent, vehement, vicious, wild, aroused, coercive, demoniac, fuming, maddened |
| Antonyms: | gentle, passive, peaceful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distracted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troubled |
| Synonyms: | distraught, distressed, disturbed, frenzied, panicked |
| Main Entry: | troubled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | worried |
| Synonyms: | afraid, agitated, alarmed, annoyed, anxious, apprehensive, beset, bothered, concerned, confused, discombobulated*, disconcerted, displeased, distraught, distressed, disturbed, fearful, frightened, harried, irritated, miffed*, overwrought, pained, perplexed, perturbed, provoked, put out, puzzled, scared, shaken, terrified, uneasy, unsettled, upset, aggravated, anguished, chagrined, disquieted, exacerbated, flustered, harrowed, in a tizzy*, inconvenienced, irked, mortified, pestered, plagued, riled*, ruffled, tormented, tortured, vexed, worried stiff* |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, composed, cool, peaceful, quiet, settled, untroubled, at ease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, agitated, berserk, distracted, distraught, enraged, excited, frantic, frenetic, furious, incensed, infuriated, irritated, livid, provoked, raging, uncontrolled, wild, wrathful, exasperated, fuming, resentful, seeing red, very upset |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, happy, cheered |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | aggravation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
aberrant, abrupt, acute, aggravable, aggravated, aggravating, agitated, all of a twitter, baffled, bewildered, bizarre, bluff, blustering, boisterous, brainsick, broken, brooding, brusque, catatonic, comatose, confounded, confused, convulsive, delirious, desperate, desultory, detonating, deviant, diabolical, disedifying, disorderly, distracted, distraught, disturbed, dizzy, ebullient, erratic, excited, explosive, extravagant, fanatic, fazed, feral, ferocious, fierce, fierce as a tiger, fiery, flaming, flustered, frantic, frazzled, frenzied, furious, giddy-paced, headstrong, hot, hysteric, imbalanced, impetuous, importunate, in hysterics, incontrollable, infuriate, insuppressible, irrepressible, jangled, kamikaze, lobotomized, maladjusted, manic, mental, meteoric, mixed-up, muddled, neurotic, obsessive, obstreperous, off-the-wall, outrageous, overwrought, peculiar, perverse, phobic, pixilated, procellous, queer, raging, ramagious, rampant, rattled, ravening, red-hot, restless, retarded, riotous, rocky, roiled, rough, rude, saltatory, saturnalian, savage, scorching, shaken-up, shaking, shambling, sharp, shattered, spasmodic, spooked, stormy, stressed-out, strung-out, subsultory, tameless, tangled, tremulous, troublous, tumultuary, tumultuous, turbulent, unappeasable, unbridled, uncontrollable, unextinguished, ungentle, ungovernable, unmitigable, unmitigated, unquelled, unquenched, unquiet, unrelieved, unrepressed, unruly, unsound, unstable, uproarious, vehement, violent, volcanic, warm, waspish, wild, worked-up, worse, zoned
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| Main Entry: | heed |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
absorbed, alive to, askance, attentive, audient, awake to, beseeching, breathless, cognizant, come, distraught, engaged in, engrossed in, excubant, expergefacient, fleeting, furtive, intent on, levisomnous, measured, mindful, observant, observing, occupied with, on the watch, open, rapt, regardant, regardful, steadfast, taken up with, undistracted, upon the stretch, vultured, watchful, wrapped in
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