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Word: dismay (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A sudden or complete loss of courage in the face of trouble or danger

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Verb:

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

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