Word Meaning

dismays definition and meaning

v. i. 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.
v. i. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
v. i. To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
v. t. Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
v. t. Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.

Crossword clues for dismays

- Alarm
- Consternation and distress
- Daunt
- Disappoint
- Disappointment
- Displeasure
- Distress
- Edward is maybe displaying alarm at heart
- Fill with alarm
- worry or sadness
- Appals
- Dispirits
- Mass DIY construction causes consternation