Dismay

v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Dismayed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismaying.] Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed. - Josh. i. 9. What words be these? What fears do you dismay? - Fairfax.
	2.	To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet. Do not dismay yourself for this. - Spenser. So flies a herd of beeves, that hear, dismayed, The lions roaring through the midnight shade. - Pope. Jove got such heroes as my sire, whose soul No fear could daunt, nor earth nor hell control. - Pope. Now the last ruin the whole host appalls; Now Greece has trembled in her wooden walls. - Pope.
v. i.	1.	To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
n.	1.	Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation. I . . . can not think of such a battle without dismay. - Macaulay. Thou with a tiger spring dost leap upon thy prey, And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild dismay. - Mrs. Barbauld.
	2.	Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.

Noun	1.	dismay - the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles Synonyms: discouragement, disheartenment
	2.	dismay - fear resulting from the awareness of danger Synonyms: alarm, consternation
Verb	1.	dismay - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" Synonyms: cast down, deject, depress, dispirit, demoralise, demoralize, get down
	2.	dismay - 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: alarm, horrify, appal, appall

abash, abject fear, affright, agitate, agitation, anxiety, appall, apprehension, astound, awe, blue funk, cold feet, confound, consternation, cow, cowardice, daunt, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distress, dread, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, fear, flummox, flurry, fluster, fright, funk, grieve, horrification, horrify, intimidate, lament, moider, mourn, mystify, nonplus, pain, panic, panic fear, perplex, perturb, petrify, phobia, pother, put off, put out, puzzle, rattle, shake, shock, sorrow, stampede, startle, take aback, terrify, terror, trepidation, unhinge, unholy dread, unnerve, unsettle, upset

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