dismay
UK /dɪsˈmeɪ/ US /dɪsˈmeɪ/
verb 3noun 2
Definitions
verb
1
To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy.
Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.
What words be these? What fears do you dismay?
2
To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
Do not dismay yourself for this.
3
To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
Dismay not, princes, at this accident,
noun
1
A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits
He looked in dismay at the destruction of the town caused by the hurricane.
Come on: in this there can be no dismay; My ships come home a month before the day.
2
Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
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