dismay
n.
fear, horror
v.
fill with anxiety; cause despair, discourage, daunt
dismay
Noun
1. the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
(synonym) discouragement, disheartenment
(hypernym) despair
(hyponym) intimidation
(derivation) depress, deject, cast down, get down, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
2. fear resulting from the awareness of danger
(synonym) alarm, consternation
(hypernym) fear, fearfulness, fright
(attribute) alarming
(derivation) alarm, appal, appall, horrify
Verb
1. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
(synonym) depress, deject, cast down, get down, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
(hypernym) discourage
(hyponym) chill
(derivation) discouragement, disheartenment
2. 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) alarm, appal, appall, horrify
(hypernym) frighten, fright, scare, affright
(hyponym) shock
(derivation) alarm, consternation
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.
(v. i.)
To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
(v. i.)
To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
dismay
v.a.
He was dismayed.
وہ ڈر گيا
No danger can dismay him
کوئي خوف اسے ڈرا نہيں سکتاdismay
n.
ہول, ہراس, دہشت, بھے, ڈر, خوف, خطرہ, انديشہ
dismay
Synonyms and related words:
abash, abject fear, affright, agitate, agitation, alarm, anxiety, appall, apprehension, astound, awe, bewilder, blue funk, bother, cold feet, confound, consternation, cow, cowardice, daunt, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, disquiet, distress, dread, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, fear, flummox, flurry, fluster, fright, frighten, funk, grieve, horrification, horrify, horror, intimidate, lament, moider, mourn, mystify, nonplus, pain, panic, panic fear, perplex, perturb, petrify, phobia, pother, put off, put out, puzzle, rattle, scare, shake, shock, sorrow, stampede, startle, take aback, terrify, terror, trepidation, unhinge, unholy dread, unnerve, unsettle, upset,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.