Thesaurus: dismay

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1. 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.
2. v. i. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
3. v. i. To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
4. v. t. Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
5. v. t. Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
6. n. the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
7. n. fear resulting from the awareness of danger
8. v. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
9. v. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
10. v:26/n:74 v. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised