Dismay

Definition:

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

Compare dismay with other words:

appalling vs. dismay

actuate vs. dismay

concern vs. dismay

disman vs. dismay

depress vs. dismay

dismay vs. grief

dismay vs. null

astonish vs. dismay

dismay vs. disray

dismay vs. frustrated

dismay vs. levity

dishearten vs. dismay

dismay vs. horror

despondent vs. dismay

dismay vs. sorrow

deter vs. dismay

discourse vs. dismay

disgrace vs. dismay

dismay vs. dispair

dismay vs. puzzled

dismay vs. worry

dismay vs. terror

despair vs. dismay

conflate vs. dismay

anxiety vs. dismay

disbelief vs. dismay

dismay vs. surprise

appalled vs. dismay

dismal vs. dismay

dismay vs. distress

disappointment vs. dismay

daunting vs. dismay

content vs. dismay

chagrin vs. dismay

dismay vs. dismayed

contempt vs. dismay

dismay vs. gloomy

disappoint vs. dismay

dismay vs. honestly

amate vs. dismay

dismay vs. fiddlesticks

alarm vs. dismay

bemoan vs. dismay

danger vs. dismay

dismay vs. trouble

dismay vs. face

courage vs. dismay

dismay vs. loss

complete vs. dismay

dismay vs. sudden

consternation vs. dismay

dismay vs. stupefaction

bugger vs. dismay

appall vs. dismay