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19 words match “DISMAY”

DISMAY v. 5 definitions
and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify. Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed. Josh. i. 9. What words be these What fears do you dismay Fairfax.
DISMAYEDNESS n.
A state of being dismayed; dejection of courage; dispiritedness.
DISMAYFUL a.
Terrifying. Spenser.
AMATE v.
To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt. [Obs. or Archaic] The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the overthrow greater than was true. Milton.
APPALL v. 3 definitions
hat the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart. The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum. Clarendon.
APPALLMENT n.
Depression occasioned by terror; dismay. [Obs.] Bacon.
ASTONISHMENT n.
Dismay; consternation. [Archaic] Spenser.
ASTONY v.
To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay. [Archaic] The captain of the Helots . . . strake Palladius upon the side of his head, that he reeled astonied. Sir P. Sidney. This sodeyn cas this man astonied so, That reed he wex, abayst, and al quaking. Chaucer.
BASHFUL a.
Abashed; daunted; dismayed. [Obs.]
CONFOUND v.
To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.
CONSTERNATION n.
onfounds the faculties, and incapacitates for refletion; terror, combined with amaxement; dismay. The chiefs around, In silence wrapped, in onsternation downed. Attend the stern reply. Pope.
COUNTENANCE n.
nt thereat. Ascham. In countenance, in an assured condition or aspect; free from shame or dismay. "It puts the learned in countenance, and gives them a place among the fashionable part of mankind." Addison. -- Out of countenance, not bold or assured; confounded; abashed. "Their best friends were out of countenance, be…
ERECT a.
Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed. But who is he, by years Bowed, but erect in heart Keble.
HEART-WHOLE a.
With unbroken courage; undismayed.
HEARTSTRICKEN a.
Shocked; dismayed.
HEARTSTRUCK a.
Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed; heartstricken. Milton.
HIDEOUS a.
Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise. "Hideous cries." Shak.
MALE a.
Female. -- Male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree, as laid, afraid, dismayed. See Female rhyme, under Female. -- Male screw (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a corresponding nut or female screw. -- Male thread, the thread of a male screw…
SUSPECT n.
Suspicion. [Obs.] Chaucer. So with suspect, with fear and grief, dismayed. Fairfax.