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Dismayed vs Dumbfounded - What's the difference?

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Dismayed is a related term of dumbfounded.


As adjectives the difference between dismayed and dumbfounded

is that dismayed is having the emotion of dismay while dumbfounded is shocked and speechless.

As a verb dumbfounded is

(dumbfound).

dismayed

English

Adjective

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

    Derived terms

    * dismayedness

    dumbfounded

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dumfounded

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • shocked and speechless.

    • Synonyms

    * amazed, astonished, astounded, confounded, flabbergasted, perplexed, shocked, speechless, stunned, surprised

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dumbfound)