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Dismay   /dɪsmˈeɪ/   Listen
Dismay

noun
1.
The feeling of despair in the face of obstacles.  Synonyms: discouragement, disheartenment.
2.
Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.  Synonyms: alarm, consternation.
verb
(past & past part. dismayed; pres. part. dismaying)
1.
Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted.  Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dispirit, get down.  "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
2.
Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.  Synonyms: alarm, appal, appall, horrify.  "The news of the executions horrified us"






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"Dismay" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Avant, Pendant et Apres, my eye glanced on the faces of some of the emigrant noblesse, restored to France by the entry of the Bourbons, I marked the changes produced on their countenances by it. Anxiety, mingled with dismay, was visible; for the scenes of the past were vividly recalled, while a vague dread of the future was instilled. Yes, the representation of this piece is a dangerous experiment, and so I fear it ...
— The Idler in France • Marguerite Gardiner

... of Burgundy, recognizing the young hero, went out to meet him and politely inquired the cause of his visit. Imagine his dismay when Siegfried proposed a single combat, in which the victor might claim the land and allegiance of the vanquished. Neither Gunther nor any of his knights would accept the challenge; but Gunther and his brother hastened forward with ...
— Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy - Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls • Various

... short one, leading to some sort of a stable yard. Yet, though Jack Benson reached that yard in about record time, he gave a gasp of dismay. For the well-dressed fugitive was already out of sight, nor did noise from any quarter show the line of his ...
— The Submarine Boys on Duty - Life of a Diving Torpedo Boat • Victor G. Durham

... were foiled, and Mary got no kiss at all. She, in her dismay at the energy of the two aspirants, ducked her head down nearly to the level of the table, and Denis, in his zeal and his hurry, struck Ussher in the face with his own forehead with no slight force. The Captain retreated, half-stunned, and ...
— The Macdermots of Ballycloran • Anthony Trollope

... mischief, Silverthorne being extremely plain and severe in style. The Wingfield estate bordered on the school property. Eustace, prospective heir to his uncle, often ran down from London, much to the dismay of the lady principal, for he was no end of a flirt. May Raynor's pretty face attracted him from the first, but Silverthorne had a soft spot in her heart for him. Jealous of May she reported her to the principal; for revenge Wingfield ...
— A Heart-Song of To-day • Annie Gregg Savigny


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