Synonym: alarm, bewilder, bother, confuse, disturb, embarrass, frighten. Antonym: cheer. Similar words: dismal, charisma, sadism, dismiss, dismissal, small, as many, plasma. Meaning: [dɪs'meɪ] 
n. 1. the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles 2. fear resulting from the awareness of danger. v. 1. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted 2. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.
n. 1. the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles 2. fear resulting from the awareness of danger. v. 1. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted 2. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised. 
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(31) Much to my dismay, she was out when I called.
(32) The laws on hunting cause dismay to many animal lovers.
(33) We watched in blank dismay as she packed her bags.
(34) Brady made no secret of his dismay over his treatment.
(35) She discovered, to her dismay, that her exam was a whole month earlier than she'd expected.
(36) Her face registered dismay.
(37) Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore, when they noticed with dismay that the speed-boat was moving in a circle.
(38) He looked at the piles of dirty dishes and gave a groan of dismay.
(39) The supporters watched in/with dismay as their team lost 6-0.
(40) I found to my dismay that I had left my notes behind.
(41) She looked in dismay at her half-clothed puppet.
(42) Long fasts did not dismay her.
(43) Dauntless regarded this imposing edifice with dismay.
(44) A hushed dismay hovered over the town.
(45) She gave a smothered yelp of dismay.
(46) Round the table the faces expressed dismay, disbelief,(sentencedict.com) doubt.
(47) Tonight the Diocese of Oxford reacted with dismay.
(48) Leibniz watched these events with dismay.
(49) Only then did he throw his arms out in dismay.
(50) Conscientious parents, and there were some,[http://sentencedict.com/dismay.html] viewed the situation with dismay.
(51) With a jolt of self-knowledge Caroline registered the same feeling of dismay as at that cool withdrawal after their picnic.
(52) What is happening to me? she questioned herself in dismay.
(53) Her back was aching badly now and she viewed the steep climb with some dismay.
(54) But one listens to her final records with dismay after hearing the fresh, uncanny beauty of the early ones.
(55) Keeping her distance, she had stepped into the road and watched in dismay until Ixora had turned the corner.
(56) Yet there has also been dismay that concern over insider dealing may threaten the flow of information.
(57) And needs change overnight, as many executives and senior managers have found to their dismay in the past several years.
(58) I had always assumed that this sort of civilized dismay at barbarism was the monopoly of our cause.
(59) The murmurs - of surprise, dismay, muted terror, mutiny - are allowed to run their course.
(60) There is also a growing sense of dismay that attempts to contain and control corporate crime are largely absent or ineffectual.
More similar words: dismal, charisma, sadism, dismiss, dismissal, small, as many, plasma, as many as, spokesman, businessman, tourism, sophism, racism, animism, judaism, nihilism, altruism, organism, cynicism, cronyism, vandalism, communism, exorcism, briticism, journalism, euphemism, ostracism, polytheism, magnetism.