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

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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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1. Jatinder Hayre:

   When you walk into the hospital in the morning, you’re met with this cacophony of grief and dismay and dissatisfaction from patients, who are lined up in the corridor, you feel awful, but there’s nothing you can do. You’re fighting against a system that’s collapsing.

2. Adam Marshall:

   The utter dismay amongst businesses watching events in Westminster can not be exaggerated, our firms are worried, investors around the world are baffled and disappointed, and markets are showing serious strain as this political saga goes on and on.

3. 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.

4. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   A writer draws a road map where readers walk with their love, joy, anger, tears, and dismay. Every story, every poem, has different meanings for every reader.

5. Jennifer Sclafani:

   [ President Trump has a ] predilection for speaking in generalities, these general expressions can be seen as having multiple functions, but oftentimes the president uses them to provoke a reaction in his audience -- of shock, dismay, or disgust.