'Dismayed' definitions:
Definition of 'dismayed'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Dismayed'
From: GCIDE
- Dismay \Dis*may"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismaying.] [OE. desmaien, dismaien, OF. esmaier; pref. es- (L. ex) + OHG. magan to be strong or able; akin to E. may. In English the pref. es- was changed to dis- (L. dis-). See May, v. i.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed. --Josh. i. 9. [1913 Webster]
- What words be these? What fears do you dismay? --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Do not dismay yourself for this. --Spenser.
- Syn: To terrify; fright; affright; frighten; appall; daunt; dishearthen; dispirit; discourage; deject; depress. -- To Dismay, Daunt, Appall. Dismay denotes a state of deep and gloomy apprehension. To daunt supposes something more sudden and startling. To appall is the strongest term, implying a sense of terror which overwhelms the faculties. [1913 Webster]
- So flies a herd of beeves, that hear, dismayed, The lions roaring through the midnight shade. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Jove got such heroes as my sire, whose soul No fear could daunt, nor earth nor hell control. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Now the last ruin the whole host appalls; Now Greece has trembled in her wooden walls. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dismayed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abashed,
- abroad,
- adrift,
- affrighted,
- afraid,
- agape,
- alarmed,
- astray,
- at sea,
- bewildered,
- bothered,
- chicken,
- chickenhearted,
- clueless,
- confounded,
- confused,
- consternated,
- coward,
- cowardly,
- cowed,
- daunted,
- discomfited,
- discomposed,
- disconcerted,
- disoriented,
- disquieted,
- distracted,
- distraught,
- disturbed,
- dumbfounded,
- embarrassed,
- fainthearted,
- fazed,
- fearful,
- frightened,
- funking,
- funky,
- guessing,
- henhearted,
- in a fix,
- in a fright,
- in a funk,
- in a maze,
- in a pickle,
- in a scrape,
- in a stew,
- intimidated,
- lily-livered,
- lost,
- mazed,
- milk-livered,
- milksoppish,
- milksoppy,
- mousy,
- off the track,
- overtimid,
- overtimorous,
- overwhelmed,
- panic-prone,
- panicky,
- perturbed,
- pigeonhearted,
- put-out,
- rabbity,
- rattled,
- shocked,
- sissified,
- sissy,
- soft,
- startled,
- thunderstruck,
- timid,
- timorous,
- turned around,
- unmanly,
- unmanned,
- upset,
- weak,
- weak-kneed,
- weakhearted,
- white-livered,
- without a clue,
- yellow