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Dumbfounded vs Distraught - What's the difference?

dumbfounded | distraught |

As adjectives the difference between dumbfounded and distraught

is that dumbfounded is shocked and speechless while distraught is deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed.

As a verb dumbfounded

is past tense of dumbfound.

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)

    • 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