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English Dictionary: dismay	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for dismay
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dismay n the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles [syn: discouragement, disheartenment, dismay] fear resulting from the awareness of danger Synonym(s): alarm, dismay, consternation v lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" Synonym(s): depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise Antonym(s): elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift 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" Synonym(s): dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dismay \Dismay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dismaying}.] [OE. desmaien, dismaien, OF. esmaier; pref. es- (L. ex) + OHG. magan to be strong or able; akin to E. may. In English the pref. es- was changed to dis- (L. dis-). See {May}, v. i.] 1. 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. --Josh. i. 9. What words be these? What fears do you dismay? --Fairfax. 2. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet. [Obs.] Do not dismay* yourself for this. --Spenser. Syn: 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. --Pope. Jove got such heroes as my sire, whose soul No fear could daunt, nor earth nor hell control. --Pope. Now the last ruin the whole host appalls; Now Greece has trembled in her wooden walls. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dismay \Dismay"\, v. i. To take dismay* or fright; to be filled with dismay. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dismay \Dis*may"\, n. [Cf. OF. esmai, F. [82]moi. See {Dismay}, v. t.] 1. 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. --Macaulay. Thou with a tiger spring dost leap upon thy prey, And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild dismay. --Mrs. Barbauld. 2. Condition fitted to dismay; ruin. --Spenser. Syn: Dejection; discouragement; depression; fear; fright; terror; apprehension; alarm; affright.