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.
Definitions
- intransitive 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.
- intransitive verb. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
- intransitive verb. To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
- transitive verb. Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
- transitive verb. Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
- noun. fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- noun. the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- verb. 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"
- verb. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
"These news depressed her"
"The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
Synonyms
alarm, consternation, discouragement, disheartenment, appal, appall, horrify, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dispirit
Common word forms
dismays, dismayed, dismayful, dismaying, dismayable
Words from these letters
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