Synonyms of derails

derails

verb

present tense third-person singular of derail

as in distracts

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

according to police, the suspect had been derailed in recent months by mounting financial problems

Synonyms & Similar Words

• distracts
• disturbs
• bothers
• worries
• alarms
• concerns
• angers
• unsettles
• agitates
• upsets
• perturbs
• haunts
• annoys
• unhinges
• plagues
• undoes
• confuses
• irritates
• distresses
• dismays
• disquiets
• embarrasses
• ails
• frazzles
• rattles
• discomposes
• exercises
• exasperates
• aggravates
• discourages
• fusses
• discomforts
• freaks (out)
• irks
• flurries
• harasses
• riles
• vexes
• alarums
• distempers
• pesters
• bedevils
• weirds out
• piques
• bugs
• harries
• chafes
• flusters
• hagrides
• gets
• confounds
• mortifies
• grates
• chivvies
• peeves
• disconcerts
• demoralizes
• disheartens
• frets
• puts off
• unnerves
• discomfits
• fazes
• puts out
• daunts
• galls
• nonplusses
• chivies
• discountenances
• abashes
• nettles
• shakes up
• dispirits
• jars
• nonpluses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• settles
• calms
• quiets
• soothes
• composes
• alleviates
• allays
• tranquilizes
• assuages
• tranquillizes
• appeases
• placates
• pacifies
• mollifies
• conciliates
• propitiates