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Meaning of dismay

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  dismay
      n 1: the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles [syn:
           {discouragement}, {disheartenment}, {dismay}]
      2: fear resulting from the awareness of danger [syn: {alarm},
         {dismay}, {consternation}]
      v 1: lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news
           depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health
           demoralizes her" [syn: {depress}, {deject}, {cast down},
           {get down}, {dismay}, {dispirit}, {demoralize},
           {demoralise}] [ant: {elate}, {intoxicate}, {lift up}, {pick
           up}, {uplift}]
      2: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly
         surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for
         my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"
         [syn: {dismay}, {alarm}, {appal}, {appall}, {horrify}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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