Another word for dismay
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Verb
To deprive of courage or the power to act as a result of fear, anxiety, or disgust
- (Archaic) To come together violently; collide
- To subject an animal or person to an electric shock.
- To produce electrical shock in (a body)
- To brandish or wave, especially in anger:
- To shake hands:
- To cause to tremble, vibrate, or rock:
- To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.
- To cause to feel horror:
- To shock or disgust
- To make discouraged; intimidate; dishearten
- To lessen the courage or resolution of; dishearten or intimidate:
- To dismay
- To overcome with consternation; unnerve; dismay
- To cause consternation
- To fill with horror and amazement; dismay greatly:
- To fill with horror or dismay; shock
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Noun
A sudden or complete loss of courage in the face of trouble or danger
- A state of great alarm, agitation, or dismay.
- A feeling of confusion, helplessness, shock, or dismay
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Another word for dismay
Noun
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- The state of being disheartened; dejection.
- The act of disheartening.
- A state of being uneasy, apprehensive, or worried about what may happen; concern about a possible future event
- (Psychiatry) A state of apprehension, uncertainty, and fear resulting from the anticipation of a realistic or fantasized threatening event or situation, often impairing physical and psychological functioning.
- A cause of anxiety:
- A state of great alarm, agitation, or dismay.
- A feeling of confusion, helplessness, shock, or dismay
- A device that is used to warn of danger by means of a sound or signal:
- The sounding mechanism of an alarm clock:
- The bell, buzzer, etc. of an alarm clock
Verb
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- To deprive of courage or enthusiasm; discourage; depress; daunt
- To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.
- To cause to lose hope or enthusiasm; dispirit.
- To frustrate (plans, for example) by throwing into disorder; disarrange.
- To cause to lose composure; embarrass or confuse:
- To upset the composure of; embarrass; confuse
- To make embarrassed and ill at ease; make self-conscious; disconcert
- To paralyze or make numb, as with fear; stupefy; stun
- To replace the normal cells of (organic matter) with silica or other mineral deposits; re-form as a stony substance
- To cause to lose vitality or become impervious to change; deaden:
- To fill with terror; make deeply afraid:
- To fill with terror; frighten greatly; alarm
- To drive or force by arousing fear:
- To force (away, out, or off) or bring (into a specified condition) by making afraid
- To drive or force by arousing fear:
- To become afraid:
- To make discouraged; intimidate; dishearten
- To lessen the courage or resolution of; dishearten or intimidate:
- To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.
- To cause to feel horror
- To cause to feel horror:
- To fill with horror and amazement; dismay greatly:
- To fill with horror or dismay; shock
Synonym Study
- Daunt implies a becoming disheartened in the performance of an act that requires some courage never daunted by adversity
- Horrify suggests horror or loathing (or, in a weakened sense, irritation) at that which shocks or offends one horrified at the suggestion
- Appall suggests terror or (now more commonly) consternation at a shocking but apparently unalterable situation an appalling death rate
- Dismay suggests fear or, esp. in modern usage, discouragement at the prospect of some difficulty or problem which one does not quite know how to resolve dismayed at his lack of understanding
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