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Meaning of dismay in English

dismay
noun [ U ]
uk
/dɪˈsmeɪ/ us
/dɪˈsmeɪ/
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a feeling of unhappiness and disappointment:
be filled with dismay Aid workers were said to have been filled with dismay by the appalling conditions that the refugees were living in.
in/with dismay The fans watched in/with dismay as their team lost 42–11.
to someone's dismay She discoveredto her dismaythat her exam was a whole month earlier than she'd expected.
Synonym
consternation
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Sadness and regret
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dismayed
dismay
verb [ T ]
uk
/dɪˈsmeɪ/ us
/dɪˈsmeɪ/
to make someone feel unhappy and disappointed:
The prospect of more road-building dismays environmentalists.
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Making people sadshocked and upset
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(Definition of dismay from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

dismay | American Dictionary

dismay
noun [ U ]
us
/dɪsˈmeɪ/
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a feeling of shock and unhappiness:
She discoveredto her dismaythat she had locked her keys inside her car.

dismay

verb [ T ] us
/dɪsˈmeɪ/
They enjoyed the meal but were dismayed by how much it cost.
(Definition of dismay from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of dismay

dismay
He was a local rate collectorone who showed forbearance in extracting money from hard-pressed small farmers even though this would have dismayed county officials had they known.
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I was also dismayed to find a few uses of ' man ''him ' and even ' her ' (pp. 7-8) when third-person plural pronouns have become a convention for referring to humanity.
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Engels is dismayed by the crowd; he responds with a moral reactionand as aesthetic one as well; the speed with which people rush past one another unsettles him.
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Certainlythe police in my constituency were dismayed that there was no consultation with thembecause they have formed valued links with the coastguard.
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Disabled people are dismayed when the badges are used by non-disabled people.
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Our invisible earnings appear to be shrinking in a way that dismays us.
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I have also been dismayed by the with which they have conducted themselves.
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There is a little village about 250 yards from my door and the prospect of steel houses being put up there dismayed me.
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I will do him the credit to say that he is never dismayed by the badness of his case.
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The public are dismayed at the attitude of some of our former leaders who have changed their minds for the wrong reasons.
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We were dismayed to see the degeneration last night in another place of the all-party support.
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Are we satisfied with our strength or are we dismayed at our weakness?
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Many in the country were dismayed at his recent announcement of an amnesty for up to 50,000 people whose asylum claims had failed.
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I have received many letters from working-class families who are dismayed at the present level of the death grant.
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They are dismayed by the uproar and the threats that have followed.
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Translations of dismay

in Chinese (Traditional)
沮喪，灰心，失望…
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沮丧，灰心，失望…
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decepciónconsternardesaliento [masculine]…
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consternaçãodesalento [feminine]…
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भीतीदहशतहिंमत खचणे…
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mutsuzlukşaşkınlıkkorku…
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désarroi [masculine]consternation [feminine]consterner…
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decepció…
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ontzettenontzetting…
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forfærdeforfærdelse…
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