Dismays can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| 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" | ||
| dismay - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" | ||
Noun |
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| dismay - 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 - Condition fitted to dismay; ruin. |
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| 1. | noun | We read the good reviews before going and had high hopes.. but to our dismay it didnt turn out that way! | |
| 2. | noun | To my dismay, my wallet was gone. | |
| 3. | noun | One morning at breakfast we children were informed to our utter dismay that we could no longer be permitted to run absolutely wild. | |
| 4. | noun | To my dismay, he was caught cheating in the examination. | |
| 5. | noun | To my dismay I found I had lost my money. | |
| 6. | noun | The astronaut lost his grip on the wrench and all he could do was watch in dismay as it floated serenely away. | |
| 7. | noun | Adele watched her friend with dismay. Large tears flooded her face, she could not suppress this scream of anguish and pity: "Oh! Mary! poor Mary!". | |
| 8. | noun | Much to his dismay, Dan missed the countdown for the New Year in Paris. | |
| 9. | noun | Much to my dismay, Mary came to the party wearing a prurient dress. | |
| 10. | noun | Tom gave a cry of dismay. | |
| 11. | noun | Tom shook his head in dismay. | |
| 12. | noun | Mary shook her head in dismay. | |
| 13. | noun | The children played in the mud, much to their parents' dismay. | |
| 14. | noun | "Some with wonder and dismay / the maid Minerva's fatal gift survey." | |
| 15. | noun | As one who, in a tangled brake apart, / on some lithe snake, unheeded in the briar, / hath trodden heavily, and with backward start / flies, trembling at the head uplift in ire / and blue neck, swoln in many a glittering spire. / So slinks Androgeus, shuddering with dismay. |
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| We read the good reviews before going and had high hopes.. but to our dismay it didnt turn out that way! |
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| To my dismay, my wallet was gone. | |
| One morning at breakfast we children were informed to our utter dismay that we could no longer be permitted to run absolutely wild. | |
| To my dismay, he was caught cheating in the examination. | |
| To my dismay I found I had lost my money. | |
| The astronaut lost his grip on the wrench and all he could do was watch in dismay as it floated serenely away. | |
| Adele watched her friend with dismay. Large tears flooded her face, she could not suppress this scream of anguish and pity: "Oh! Mary! poor Mary!". | |
| Much to his dismay, Dan missed the countdown for the New Year in Paris. | |
| Much to my dismay, Mary came to the party wearing a prurient dress. | |
| Tom gave a cry of dismay. | |
| Tom shook his head in dismay. | |
| Mary shook her head in dismay. | |
| The children played in the mud, much to their parents' dismay. | |
| "Some with wonder and dismay / the maid Minerva's fatal gift survey." | |
| As one who, in a tangled brake apart, / on some lithe snake, unheeded in the briar, / hath trodden heavily, and with backward start / flies, trembling at the head uplift in ire / and blue neck, swoln in many a glittering spire. / So slinks Androgeus, shuddering with dismay. | |