Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Dismay.
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- verb Present participle of
dismay .
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- adjective causing consternation
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Examples
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The kids learned about Cohen's criticism -- which chorus director Gregg Breinberg called "dismaying," -- when they returned to New York.
NY Daily News 2011
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Spending review: relief for museums but Arts Council faces 'dismaying' 30% cut
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He finds Obama's position "dismaying" and even quotes British political philosopher Edmund Burke: "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."
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The conservative commentator George Will has been especially incisive of late about the "dismaying," "un-presidential temperament" of McCain and the sleazy tenor of his campaign.
Carl Bernstein: The Palin Pick -- The Devolution of McCain 2008
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It's kind of dismaying to realize that Bruce Sterling's recommended cyberpunk canon is almost exactly ten years old.
Archive 2006-06-01 Mac 2006
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John Hinderaker calls the result "dismaying," arguing that Paul "has no business being taken seriously as a Presidential contender."
Blogometer Ian Faerstein 2010
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The NDP and the Bloc do not support the deal because of the suggested that the Canada geese that produce a "dismaying" amount of excrement near her second home be culled and fed to the poor.
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In his report on the text, Sewall called the passage "dismaying" in its flatness and brevity.
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The NDP and the Bloc do not support the deal because of the suggested that the Canada geese that produce a "dismaying" amount of excrement near her second home be culled and fed to the poor.
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The NDP and the Bloc do not support the deal because of the suggested that the Canada geese that produce a "dismaying" amount of excrement near her second home be culled and fed to the poor.
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