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dismayed

[dis-mey]

verb (used with object)

to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt: The surprise attack dismayed the enemy.

to surprise in such a manner as to disillusion: She was dismayed to learn of their disloyalty.

to alarm; perturb: The new law dismayed some of the more conservative politicians.

noun

sudden or complete loss of courage; utter disheartenment.

sudden disillusionment.

agitation of mind; perturbation; alarm.

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Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English desmay (noun), de(s)mayen, dismayen (v.) < presumed AF alteration, by prefix change, of Old French esmaier to trouble, frighten < Vulgar Latin *exmagāre to disable, deprive of strength, equivalent to ex- ex- + *magāre < Germanic *magan to be able to; see may¹

Related forms

dis·mayed·ness

[dis-meyd-nis, -mey-id-] , noun

dis·may·ing·ly, adverb

un·dis·mayed, adjective

Synonyms
1. appall, terrify, frighten, scare, intimidate, disconcert. See discourage. 4. consternation, terror, panic, horror, fear.

Antonyms
1. hearten. 4. confidence.

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Example Sentences

Slaveholders were genuinely astonished and dismayed.

Higher education's current rush to exposure has both startled and dismayed me.

The victim's family said they were dismayed by the ruling.

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Slaveholders were genuinely astonished and dismayed.

Higher education's current rush to exposure has both startled and dismayed me.

The victim's family said they were dismayed by the ruling.

He turned to look at the five witnesses and was dismayed to see the glum expressions on the faces of the stoic islanders.

Dismayed and exhausted, they had stopped yelling frantically for help.

Cat lovers were dismayed and even called into question the study's findings.

Dolese wanted a colorful magnetic chalkboard, but was dismayed by the prices he found.

Those who have regained their service are dismayed to find their data deleted.

But environmental groups and organic farmers were dismayed by the decision.

He was dismayed at the blank stares he received in the spring when.

He put on a brave face, but must have been utterly dismayed.

The team hurries out, and is dismayed by what they find.

Some parents were so dismayed they started impatiently correcting their children mid-test.

Many other ecologists, however, were dismayed by the essay.

Flanagan was dismayed to hear that the problem was back.

Just don't be dismayed by comatose students falling to the floor out there in the dark.

The company's state-controlled creditor banks were dismayed.

On waking, he was dismayed to discover that monkeys had taken all his hats to the treetop.

Hedegaard said she's dismayed governments around the world haven't reached broad agreement on reducing carbon emissions.

Todd should not have been surprised or even dismayed that his pop-in was unwelcome.

Nixon dismayed everyone but discriminated against no one.

But as the semester unfolded, many students' skepticism intensified, and manifested itself in ways that dismayed me.

Fla, said they were dismayed at the absence of a champion to carry their banner in the next election.

Most science professors would be dismayed if their college offered them a tiny closet as their designated research space.

Understandably they are dismayed by their country's growing reputation as the world's troublemaker.

Thousands of independent recording artists were dismayed to find last week that they almost certainly.

My crockery-buying proclivities have amazed and more than occasionally dismayed my traveling.

My mother would have been dismayed to have lost that memento of my father.

Traditionalists are dismayed by rap's linguistic contortions.

McCarthy said he was recently dismayed to discover someone using the walkie-talkie service while working out at the gym.

The ones who can actually speak to the challenges without being dismayed by them know full well what they're getting into.

But the result was that the government had to introduce austerity plans which dismayed its core voters.

The two amphibians head for the local pond and are dismayed to discover that it is polluted.

One of the prosecutors, dismayed by what was happening, resigned.

His apparent decision to abandon it dismayed voters and damaged his credibility on other issues.

And in that role, he is sometimes dismayed at what has happened in the name of progress.

Morse is now dismayed and proposes to bolt the back door.

But he thinks it also dismayed younger scholars, who gave these macroeconomic disputes a wide berth.

Many physicians are dismayed by the lawsuits and bad publicity, and they argue that the medication is being unfairly maligned.

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Word Origin & History

dismay

c.1300, from O.Fr. *desmaier, from L. de- intensive prefix + O.Fr. esmaier "to trouble, disturb," from V.L. *exmagare "divest of power or ability," from P.Gmc. stem *mag- "power, ability" (cf. O.H.G. magen "to be powerful or able;" see may (v.)). Related: Dismayed.

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