dismay – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
dismay
n.
fear, horror
v.
fill with anxiety; cause despair, discourage, daunt
dismay
Noun
1. the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
(synonym) discouragement, disheartenment
(hypernym) despair
(hyponym) intimidation
(derivation) depress, deject, cast down, get down, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
2. fear resulting from the awareness of danger
(synonym) alarm, consternation
(hypernym) fear, fearfulness, fright
(attribute) alarming
(derivation) alarm, appal, appall, horrify
Verb
1. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
(synonym) depress, deject, cast down, get down, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
(hypernym) discourage
(hyponym) chill
(derivation) discouragement, disheartenment
2. 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"
(synonym) alarm, appal, appall, horrify
(hypernym) frighten, fright, scare, affright
(hyponym) shock
(derivation) alarm, consternation
dismay
n.
zděšení; ohromení
v.
zděsit; ohromit
dismay
Rzecz.
przerażenie; konsternacja
Czas.
przerażać; konsternować
Przym.
przerażony czymś; z przerażeniem stwierdziłem
Dismay
(v. t.)
Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
(v. t.)
Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
(v. i.)
To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
(v. i.)
To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
(v. i.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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