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Dismayed vs Disconcerted - What's the difference?

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Dismayed is a related term of disconcerted.


As adjectives the difference between dismayed and disconcerted

is that dismayed is having the emotion of dismay while disconcerted is ruffled, upset and embarrassed.

As a verb disconcerted is

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dismayed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having the emotion of dismay.
    • He was dismayed to find his car had gone.

    Derived terms

    * dismayedness

    disconcerted

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ruffled, upset and embarrassed
  • Self-consciously distressed
  • Frustrated and disarranged