Synonyms for dismay
dɪsˈmeɪdis·may

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1. dismay

   Alarm, according to its derivation all'arme, "to arms," is an arousing to meet and repel danger, and may be quite consistent with true courage. Affright and fright express sudden fear which, for the time at least, overwhelms courage. The sentinel discovers with alarm the sudden approach of the enemy; the unarmed villagers view it with affright. Apprehension, disquietude, dread, misgiving, and solicitude are in anticipation of danger; consternation, dismay, and terror are overwhelming fear, generally in the actual presence of that which is terrible, though these words also may have an anticipative force. Timidity is a quality, habit, or condition, a readiness to be affected with fear. A person of great timidity is constantly liable to needless alarm and even terror. Compare FEAR.

   Synonyms:
   affright, alarm, apprehension, consternation, disquietude, dread, fear, fright, misgiving, panic, solicitude, terror, timidity

   Antonyms:
   assurance, calmness, confidence, repose, security

   Preposition:
   Alarm was felt in the camp, among the soldiers, at the news.

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1. dismayverb

   Synonyms:
   affright, astonish, terrify, dishearten, daunt, scare, frighten, appall

   Antonyms:
   encourage, rally, inspirit, assure, allure

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1. discouragement, disheartenment, dismaynoun

   the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

   Synonyms:
   alarm, disheartenment, discouragement, consternation

2. alarm, dismay, consternationverb

   fear resulting from the awareness of danger

   Synonyms:
   warning device, alarum, warning signal, consternation, alarm clock, alarm, alert, alarm system, discouragement, disheartenment

3. depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoraliseverb

   lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

   "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"

   Synonyms:
   start, write down, unhorse, bring down, set about, get, begin, get off, deprave, lower, demoralise, commence, misdirect, dispirit, get down, debase, demoralize, profane, appal, swallow, horrify, alarm, subvert, vitiate, take down, set down, dismount, put down, press down, let down, cast down, debauch, appall, depress, deject, pervert, start out, light, corrupt, set out

4. dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrifyverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   depress, appall, dispirit, outrage, shock, appal, alarm, deject, demoralise, horrify, offend, scandalise, get down, demoralize, cast down, scandalize, alert

Matched Categories

1. • Despair

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1. dismayverb

   Synonyms:
   terrify, frighten, appall, affright, scare, daunt, alarm, intimidate, paralyze with fear

2. dismaynoun

   Synonyms:
   terror, fright, affright, fear, alarm, horror, consternation

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1. dismaynoun

   Synonyms:
   consternation

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1. List of paraphrases for "dismay":

   consternation, shock, horror, disappointment, despondency, bewilderment, distress, chagrin, discouragement, amazement

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How to use dismay in a sentence?

1. Brad Avakian:

   Linda had expressed for so long the dismay that Nancy Lynchild and Nancy Lynchild father had given their entire careers to this country and this country would not recognize Nancy Lynchild as a human being in return, nancy Lynchild had gone through the era of' don't ask, don't tell.' Nancy Lynchild had gone through everything you would think a woman had to go through in the military. And this final fight felt like that whole era all over again.

2. Cary Elwes:

   Ted Cruz represents, in my humble opinion, the whole fire swamp of Washington, in private they share their dismay at the man [ Donald Trump ], but in public they support everything he does, no matter how insane.

3. David Cumming:

   We note with some dismay the timing of Nissin's acquisition of a stake in Premier Foods. In our view, this does not reflect well on the Premier Foods Board's objectivity and commitment regarding its engagement with McCormick and consequently its desire to pursue maximum value for shareholders, although we believe the 60 pence bid indicated by McCormick is too low, we remain open to a bid at a higher level. We expect the Premier Foods Board, on behalf of its shareholders, to engage with McCormick and pursue this option to the full.

4. The Bulletin:

   Three minutes( to midnight) is too close. Far too close, we, the members of the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, want to be clear about our decision not to move the hands of The Doomsday Clock in 2016 : That decision is not good news, but an expression of dismay that world leaders continue to fail to focus their efforts and the world's attention on reducing the extreme danger posed by nuclear weapons and climate change.

5. Mike Espy:

   It’s been some time since I worked in Washington and I have witnessed with dismay the continuing dysfunction, i have proven that I can work with everyone as long as the goal is a better Mississippi.