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Dismayed vs Horrified - What's the difference?

dismayed | horrified |

As adjectives the difference between dismayed and horrified

is that dismayed is having the emotion of dismay while horrified is struck with horror.

As a verb horrified is

(horrify).

dismayed

English

Adjective

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

    Derived terms

    * dismayedness

    horrified

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Struck with horror.
  • * 2003 , John E. Ferling, A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic , page 358
    • No one was more horrified than Chauncey Goodrich, scion of an old, elite family in Hartford

    Verb

    (head)
  • (horrify)