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

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