dismay

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Synonyms: dismal, disman, disray, ismay, dismaw, dismas

Antonyms: dismal, disman, disray, ismay, dismaw, dismas

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Verb

To cause to feel apprehension; great [[sadness]], or [[fear]]; to deprive of energy.
To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.

A [[sudden]] or [[complete]] [[loss]] of [[courage]] and firmness in the [[face]] of [[trouble]] or [[danger]]; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits
Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.

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