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noun

Dismay n.

Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation. "I... can not think of such a battle without dismay." "Thou with a tiger spring dost leap upon thy prey, And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild dismay."

Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.

Synonyms: Dejection; discouragement; depression; fear; fright; terror; apprehension; alarm; affright.

verb

Dismay v. t. (past & past part. dismayed; pres. part. dismaying)

To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify. "Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed." "What words be these? What fears do you dismay?"

To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet. (Obs.) "Do not dismay yourself for this."

Synonyms: To terrify; fright; affright; frighten; appall; daunt; dishearthen; dispirit; discourage; deject; depress. To Dismay, Daunt, Appall. Dismay denotes a state of deep and gloomy apprehension. To daunt supposes something more sudden and startling. To appall is the strongest term, implying a sense of terror which overwhelms the faculties. "So flies a herd of beeves, that hear, dismayed, The lions roaring through the midnight shade." "Jove got such heroes as my sire, whose soul No fear could daunt, nor earth nor hell control." "Now the last ruin the whole host appalls; Now Greece has trembled in her wooden walls."

Dismay v. i. To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Dismay'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... 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 ...

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... 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 ...

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