Definition of dismays Dismays

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Verb dismays, dismaying, dismayed
dismay - fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"
		alarm, appal, appall, horrify
		affright, fright, frighten, scare cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
		shock subject to electrical shocks
dismay - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
		depress, deject, cast down, get down, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
		elate, lift up, intoxicate, uplift, pick up fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
		discourage deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
		chill depress or discourage; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"

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dismay (Noun)
A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
dismay (Noun)
Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
dismay (Verb)
To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive of firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.
dismay (Verb)
To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
dismay (Verb)
To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.

dismay (v. i.)
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.
dismay (v. i.)
To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
dismay (v. i.)
To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
dismay (v. t.)
Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
dismay (v. t.)
Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.

dismay
dis-mā′, v.t. to terrify: to discourage.—n. loss of strength and courage through fear.—n. Dismay′edness.—adj. Dismay′ful (Spens.). [A hybrid word, from an O. Fr. desmayer—des (= L. dis), and Old High Ger. magan (Ger. mögen) = A.S. magan, to have might or power. See May.]