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Wounded vs Dismayed - What's the difference?

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Wounded is a related term of dismayed.


As adjectives the difference between wounded and dismayed

is that wounded is suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle while dismayed is having the emotion of dismay.

As a verb wounded

is (wound).

As a noun wounded

is (qualifier) people who are maimed or have wounds.

wounded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (wound)
  • * 1913: )
  • Nila, Agni's son, brandishing an uptorn tree, rushed on Prahasta; but he wounded the monkey with showers of arows.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle.
  • * 1883:
  • ...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded , and still more recently dressed.
  • (figuratively) Suffering from an emotional injury.
  • My wounded pride never recovered from her rejection.

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (qualifier) People who are maimed or have wounds.
  • The wounded lay on stretchers waiting for surgery.

    Derived terms

    * walking wounded

    dismayed

    English

    Adjective

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

    Derived terms

    * dismayedness