01 v. t. To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to …
imp. & p. p.
Dismayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dismaying
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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.“Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.” — Josh. i. 9.“What words be these? What fears do you dismay?” — Fairfax.
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To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.[Obs.]“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.
Syn.
To terrify; fright; affright; frighten; appall; daunt; dishearthen; dispirit; discourage; deject; depress. -- To Dismay, Daunt, Appall. Dismay denotes a state of deep and gloomy apprehension. To daunt supposes something more sudden and startling. To appall is the strongest term, implying a sense of terror which overwhelms the faculties.