dismayed


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dis·may

 (dĭs-mā′)
tr.v. dis·mayed, dis·may·ing, dis·mays
1. To cause to lose enthusiasm or resolution; disillusion or discourage: "young executives dismayed by the corporate ladder" (Peter Grose). See Synonyms at discourage.
2. To upset or distress: "Parents may be dismayed by the mess from sand or paint spread around by the pair or group at play" (Elizabeth Noble).
n.
A sudden or complete loss of courage in the face of trouble or danger.
[Middle English dismaien, from Anglo-Norman *desmaiier : probably de-, intensive pref.; see de- + Old French esmaier, to frighten (from Vulgar Latin *exmagāre, to deprive of power : Latin ex-, ex- + Germanic *magan, to be able to; see magh- in Indo-European roots).]
dis·may′ing·ly adv.

dismayed

(ˌdɪsˈmeɪd)
adj
filled with depression or discouragementfilled with apprehension or alarm
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.dismayed - struck with fear, dread, or consternationdismayed - struck with fear, dread, or consternation
aghast, appalled, shocked
afraid - filled with fear or apprehension; "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions"
Translations

dismayed

[ˌdɪsˈmeɪd] adj → consterné(e)
to be dismayed at sth → être consterné(e) par qch
to be dismayed to find that ... → être consterné(e) de voir que ...
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The wound was not mortal; but, luckily, it dismayed instead of enraged the animal, and he retreated into the thicket.
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Grose looked across at me dismayed, while I had nothing to do but communicate again with the figure that, on the opposite bank, without a movement, as rigidly still as if catching, beyond the interval, our voices, was as vividly there for my disaster as it was not there for my service.
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They were so perfectly dismayed, that they could not be induced even to go in quest of their traps, which they had set in a neighboring stream.
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They looked at each other with dismayed and embarrassed faces.
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Then she swayed, lost her balance, stumbled, staggered, and fell, sliding down over the sun-baked roof and crashing off it through the tangle of Virginia creeper beneath-- all before the dismayed circle below could give a simultaneous, terrified shriek.
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Pollyanna, following the direction of her aunt's last dismayed gaze, saw, through the open windows of the sun parlor, the horse and gig turning into the driveway.
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