Distress Synonyms

Distress synonyms such as "condition, ache, danger, adversity, affecting, age, and chip". Distress is a noun, and its antonyms are happiness and comfort. Here are 120 another word for distress with example sentences.

Another word for Distress

120 other ways to say distress.

1. ache

2. difficulty

  • trouble
  • risk
  • precariousness
  • peril
  • jeopardy
  • instability
  • insecurity
  • imperilment
  • hazard
  • endangerment
  • difficulty
  • danger

3. tribulation

4. pain

  • worrying
  • worry
  • vex
  • upsetting
  • upset
  • unsettling
  • trouble
  • traumatic
  • tragic
  • torture
  • tormenting
  • torment
  • shocking
  • saddening
  • sadden
  • sad
  • rack
  • plague
  • pitiful
  • perturb
  • painful
  • pain
  • oppress
  • make wretched
  • make miserable
  • heartbreaking
  • heart-rending
  • haunting
  • harrowing
  • harrow
  • gut-wrenching
  • grieve
  • dog
  • disturbing
  • disturb
  • distressful
  • disquieting
  • disquiet
  • cut up
  • curse
  • concerning
  • cause suffering to
  • cause anguish to
  • bother
  • arouse anxiety in
  • alarming
  • agonizing
  • agitate
  • afflict
  • affecting

5. condition

  • weather
  • spoil
  • simulate age in
  • season
  • scratch
  • mellow
  • dent
  • damage
  • condition
  • chip
  • batter
  • age

How to Use distress in a Sentence

An abandoner leaves others in distress.

Her voice showed clear distress yesterday.

The dog was in visible distress today.