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dismay

(d/I/s'm/eI/ )

the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles(noun.feeling)

Synonym:
discouragement, disheartenment

source: wordnet30
fear resulting from the awareness of danger(noun.feeling)

Synonym:
alarm, consternation

source: wordnet30
Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.(noun)

source: webster1913

lower someone's spirits; make downhearted(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dispirit, get down
Antonym:
elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift

source: wordnet30
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
alarm, appal, appall, horrify

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.(verb)

source: webster1913

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