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Distressed vs Disheartened - What's the difference?

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Distressed is a related term of disheartened.


As adjectives the difference between distressed and disheartened

is that distressed is anxious or uneasy while disheartened is discouraged, despairing.

As verbs the difference between distressed and disheartened

is that distressed is (distress) while disheartened is (dishearten).

distressed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • anxious or uneasy
    • I'm distressed that John hasn't answered my calls. I hope nothing bad happened to him on the way here.
  • (of merchandise etc) damaged
  • (of a property) offered for sale after foreclosure
  • (of furniture etc) faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (distress)

    • disheartened

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Discouraged, despairing.
  • * 2004 , , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage :
    • He refused to get disheartened , even when all 50 writers polled by Newsweek predicted he would lose.

    Synonyms

    * dejected, dispirited, down in the mouth, sad, down in the dumps

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dishearten)
    • English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs