Dismay

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1. Verb

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. Verb

To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.

3. Verb

To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.

4. Verb

Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.

5. Verb

Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.

6. Noun

fear resulting from the awareness of danger
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone

7. Noun

the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
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