Question

Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word:
Delighted
 a. scared
b. disturbed
c. surprised
d. displeased

Answer 1

Hint: The student should go through the options provided carefully and try to recall each of their meanings. Then the option which is the most opposite in meaning to the given word in question should be selected.

Complete answer:
Antonyms are those words that express meaning as opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other.
In the given question, the word ‘delighted’ refers to ‘greatly pleased; filled with wonder and delight’.

Let us analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'scared', refers to ‘made afraid’. Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as its meaning is not antonymous to that of the given word ‘delighted’.
Option (b.), ‘disturbed', refers to ‘afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief’. Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as its meaning is not antonymous to that of the given word ‘delighted’.
Option (c.), ‘surprised', refers to ‘taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment’. Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as its meaning is not antonymous to that of the given word ‘delighted’.
Option (d.), ‘displeased', refers to ‘not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure’.
Therefore, option (d.) is correct as its meaning is antonymous to that of the given word ‘delighted’.

Note:
 Sometimes the given options in a question where we have to find the opposite of the given word do not exactly mean the opposite of the given word. If this happens, we have to select the option which is the most antonym to the meaning of the word in the question. In a question where we have to find the opposite of the given word, we sometimes do not have options that exactly mean the opposite of the given word. In this case, we have to select the option which is the most antonym to the meaning of the word in the question.