| NOUN | feeling | dismay, discouragement, disheartenment | the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles |
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| feeling | dismay, alarm, consternation | fear resulting from the awareness of danger | |
| VERB | emotion | dismay, depress, deject, cast down, get down, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise | lower someone's spirits |
| emotion | dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify | fill with apprehension or alarm |
| Sounds | dihsmey' | |
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| Rhymes | gourmet ... resume: 6 rhymes with mey... | |
| Meaning | The feeling of despair in the face of obstacles. | |
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| Synonyms | discouragement, disheartenment | |
| Narrower | intimidation | The feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc. |
| Broader | despair | The feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well |
| Spanish | desaliento, desánimo | |
| Verbs | dismay | lower someone's spirits |
| Meaning | Fear resulting from the awareness of danger. | |
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| Synonyms | alarm, consternation | |
| Attributes | alarming | Frightening because of an awareness of danger |
| unalarming | not alarming | |
| Broader | fear, fearfulness, fright | An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) |
| Spanish | alarma, consternación, espanto, intranquilidad, nerviosismo | |
| Catalan | alarma, consternació, intranquil·litat, nerviosisme | |
| Verbs | dismay | fill with apprehension or alarm |
| Meaning | lower someone's spirits; make downhearted. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will dismay him; The performance is likely to dismay Sue | |
| Synonyms | depress, deject, cast down, get down, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise | |
| Narrower | chill | depress or discourage |
| Broader | discourage | deprive of courage or hope |
| Opposite | elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate | Fill with high spirits |
| Spanish | abatir, deprimir, desalentar, desanimar, desmoralizar, espantar | |
| Catalan | abatre, deprimir, desanimar, descoratjar, desmoralitzar | |
| Nouns | dismay | the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles |
| Meaning | Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will dismay him; The performance is likely to dismay Sue | |
| Synonyms | alarm, appal, appall, horrify | |
| Narrower | shock | strike with horror or terror |
| Broader | frighten, fright, scare, affright | drive out by frightening |
| Spanish | alarmar, horripilar, horrorizar | |
| Catalan | alarmar, horroritzar | |
| Nouns | dismay | fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
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