Definitions
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- adjective Having the emotion of
dismay .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective struck with fear, dread, or consternation
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Examples
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_Be not dismayed lest I make thee dismayed_ and _I set thee this day
Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 George Adam Smith 1899
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As a Republican, I am again dismayed that my party continues to thwart efforts to reform a health system that has failed tens of millions of Americans.
House Democrat: Health care bill in doubt without public plan 2009
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While some may regard this perspective as elitist, unsympathetic or simply arrogant, I remain dismayed that so many clumsy and misleading errors clutter the cryptozoological literature.
Archive 2006-04-01 Darren Naish 2006
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The stern utterance of the word dismayed him, and, like one shut out from hope, he rose, as if to leave her, but paused irresolutely, looked back, then sank down again, as if constrained against his will by a longing past control.
Pauline's Passion and Punishment Louisa May Alcott 1860
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I have love love loved addictive Lip Venom, and Nordie’s for years and I am bleedin dismayed that they have betrayed me and crossed over to the Crap Side.
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She felt she could talk to him all night-about the thinny, or Citgo, or her irritating aunt, or just about anything-and the idea dismayed her.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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Those who accompanied the Southern army on this arduous march will recall the dismayed expression of the emaciated faces at this unlooked-for calamity; and no face wore a heavier shadow than that of General Lee.
A Life of Gen Robert E Lee Cooke, John E 1876
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Jon Huntsman, the U.S. Embassy said in a statement it was "dismayed" at the ruling and called for Mr. Xue's release.
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Afterward, Huntsman said in a statement that the U. S was "dismayed" by the verdict, and he asked that Xue be given a "humanitarian release" and deported to the United States.
China sentences American geologist to 8 years in prison for stealing state secrets 2010
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Afterward, Huntsman said in a statement that the U. S was "dismayed" by the verdict, and he asked that Xue be given a "humanitarian release" and deported to the United States.
China sentences American geologist to 8 years in prison for stealing state secrets 2010
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