Meaning of dismay in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• 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

  Example: He looked in dismay at the destruction of the town caused by the hurricane.

• Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.

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.