fear resulting from the awareness of danger

lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; " These news depressed her"; " The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"

the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

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.

To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.

To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.

Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.

Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.

To terrify; dispirit; discourage.

Dismayed.

Dismaying.

Loss of courage through fear; a condition of terror.

To terrify: to discourage.

Loss of strength and courage through fear.

Loss of courage; fright.

To daunt; affright.

To fill with fear; appal; affright.

Overwhelming fright; consternation; terror.

Loss of courage; properly loss, or paralysis of ability or power, caused by fear.

To discourage; to deprive of that strength or firmness of mind which constitutes courage; to depress.

A loss of courage or firmness; a sinking of the spirits; depression; fear, with discouragement and confusion.

" Why, you've brought his grey suit," Helen cried in dismay, " the one he looks so well in!" – The Zeppelin's Passenger by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Blachland had sat up in bed and was staring at his young kinsman in wild dismay. – The Triumph of Hilary Blachland by Bertram Mitford

Mr. Hazlewood made so complete a picture of dismay that Dick could not but pity him. – Witness For The Defence by A.E.W. Mason

But at sight of the little group of people in the hall she paused in dismay. – The Vision of Desire by Margaret Pedler

" I- I believe I can," she said, and then experienced a sharp sense of dismay. – The Hollow of Her Hand by George Barr McCutcheon

Master Plummer looked up in dismay. – The Princess and Joe Potter by James Otis

Just so, said Upton, smiling at the dismay in the other's countenance; I have had such a party as you describe to- day. – The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever

Alison started with dismay. – A Prairie Courtship by Harold Bindloss

" You surely won't want the whip now," said De Vayne in some dismay, as Julian picked it up on saying good- night. – Julian Home by Dean Frederic W. Farrar

On the contrary I started in dismay. – My New Home by Mary Louisa Molesworth

I can picture his dismay had it ever been suggested that he should take Miss Levey out to dinner. – The Debit Account by Oliver Onions

The dismay was at first great among the malecontents. – The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 5 (of 5) by Thomas Babington Macaulay

The Young Doctor's face wore a look of dismay. – You Never Know Your Luck, Complete Being The Story Of A Matrimonial Deserter by Gilbert Parker Last Updated: March 14, 2009

No sooner, in spite of his dismay, did the tail of the bear reach him, than the man caught hold of it. – Stories of Animal Sagacity by W.H.G. Kingston

In sudden dismay the Aeneadae know the hated form and giant limbs. – The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

But he did not cry and he showed no dismay. – Seven Icelandic Short Stories by Various

Then as he heard the clock strike, he sprang from his arm- chair in dismay. – Baron Trigault's Vengeance Volume 2 (of 2) by Emile Gaboriau

I jumped up in dismay and, not without laughing, helped the old lady to her feet. – The Satyricon, Complete by Petronius Arbiter

Dunn gazed at him in dismay. – Corporal Cameron by Ralph Connor

Senator Burton glanced at her in dismay. – The End of Her Honeymoon by Marie Belloc Lowndes