dismay

Phonetic

US /dɪsˈmeɪ/UK /dɪsˈmeɪ/

Translations

VERBTo cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy, To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet., To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.

NOUNA sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits, Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.

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dismays: Third Person Singular
dismaying: Present Participle
dismayed: Past Participle, Past Tense

Examples

Some officials expressed dismay/dɪsˈmeɪ/ that the investigation had not begun sooner and that the ultimate decision about what to do with the findings would fall to President-elect Donald J.
Source:www.nytimes.com
In Japan, Trump’s Pearl Harbor Joke Elicits/ɪˈlɪsɪts/ Scorn and Dismay
Source:www.nytimes.com
Charges of antisemitism and liberal bias, and dismay/dɪsˈmeɪ/ over cuts to the opera budget, have led to a small mutiny/ˈmjuːtəni/ at Chautauqua Institution in western New York.
Source:www.nytimes.com
Trump's ceasefire pivot will cause dismay in Kyiv and Europe
Source:www.bbc.com
are a parable with lessons that both encourage and dismay: that a populist movement can suddenly unravel and that the damage it causes can still endure
Source:www.economist.com

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