OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14154

dismay

/dɪsˈmeɪ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
consternación • espanto • estupefacción
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
Come on: in this there can be no dismay; My ships come home a month before the day.
He looked in dismay at the destruction of the town caused by the hurricane.
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