dismay

[Dis*may·]

If you discover late Sunday night that the dog really did eat your homework, you might cry out in dismay. Dismay describes an emotional state of alarm, fear, or serious disappointment.

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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.

Noun
fear resulting from the awareness of danger

Noun
the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

Verb
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"

Verb
lower someone''s spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child''s health demoralizes her"

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.

Dismay

Dis*may" , 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.

What words be these? What fears do you dismay?

2. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet. [Obs.]

Do not dismay yourself for this.

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.

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

Dis*may", v. i. To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay. [Obs.] Shak.

Dismay

Dis*may", n. [Cf. OF. esmai, F. '82moi. 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.

Thou with a tiger spring dost leap upon thy prey, And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild dismay.

2. Condition fitted to dismay; ruin. Spenser. Syn. -- Dejection; discouragement; depression; fear; fright; terror; apprehension; alarm; affright.

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.

To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.

Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.

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Usage Examples

The voters are going to decide in November who is going to fix their personal family dismay over not having jobs in America. They are going to pick Mitt Romney.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity.

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.