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dismay


I - noun
1. the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles (Freq. 4)
Syn:
discouragement, disheartenment
Derivationally related forms:
dishearten (for: disheartenment), discourage (for: discouragement)
Hypernyms:
despair
Hyponyms:
intimidation
2. fear resulting from the awareness of danger (Freq. 2)
Syn:
alarm, consternation
Derivationally related forms:
alarm (for: alarm)
Hypernyms:
fear, fearfulness, fright
Attrubites:
alarming, unalarming

II - verb
1. 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
Syn:
alarm, appal, appall, horrify
Derivationally related forms:
horror (for: horrify), alarmist (for: alarm), alarm (for: alarm)
Hypernyms:
frighten, fright, scare, affright
Hyponyms:
shock
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will dismay him
- The performance is likely to dismay Sue
2. lower someone's spirits;
make downhearted
- These news depressed her
- The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
Syn:
depress, deject, cast down, get down, dispirit,
demoralize, demoralise
Ant:
elate (for: depress)
Derivationally related forms:
demoralisation (for: demoralise), demoralization (for: demoralize), dejection (for: deject), depressant (for: depress)
Hypernyms:
discourage
Hyponyms:
chill
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will dismay him
- The performance is likely to dismay Sue

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