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Distraught vs Flustered - What's the difference?

distraught | flustered |

As adjectives the difference between distraught and flustered

is that distraught is deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed while flustered is confused, befuddled, in a state of panic by having become overwrought with confusion.

As a verb flustered is

past tense of fluster.

distraught

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed.
    • His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.

    Derived terms

    * distraughtly * distraughtness

    Synonyms

    * distressed * pained

    flustered

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Confused, befuddled, in a state of panic by having become overwrought with confusion.
    • The speaker became quite flustered when she dropped all her notes.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fluster)

    • See also

    * fluster * catch off guard