Dictionary Entry
dismay
dismay is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive 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.
- 2intransitive verb
To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
- 3intransitive verb
To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
- 4transitive verb
Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
- 5transitive verb
Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
- 6noun
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
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- 7noun
the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
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- 8verb
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"
- 9verb
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
"These news depressed her"
"The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
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