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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(121) With inward dismay I noted his eyes glint with interest.
(122) And their fear and dismay increased when they searched the fallen apartment, for of the gentle Musides, and of the marvellously fashioned image of Tyche, no trace could be discovered.
(123) To my dismay, I came upon the article about Thomas Moore, Ph.D., titled "Patients' Souls Called Medicine's Missing Link" in the December 3, 2010, issue.
(124) To Wang's great dismay , a virulent antireform clique dismantled the system.
(125) Much to the dismay of his present readers, Pirandello was an ardent fascist who joined the party in 1923.
(126) Further evidence of China's increasing dismay with Pyongyang comes in a cable in June 2009 from the US ambassador to Kazakhstan, Richard Hoagland.
(127) And, to her parent's dismay, she currently lives in their basement, rent free, at the ripe age of 29.
(128) We were all looking at each other in dismay and at a loss for words.
(129) What may instead be true is that, to the dismay of liberals, the growing belief that Mr Obama is a Muslim will compel him to be ever more risk-averse when choosing between safety and civil liberty.
(130) Later, much to his dismay, it became a favorite hobbyhorse of the anti-globalization left.
(131) Here was matter for dismay, for they were soaked through and chilled.
(132) These slices of prog electronica created dismay amongst the critics at the time.
(133) The modern cosmological models give a very dismay future of the universe.
(134) Wuduo stuck out her tongue in dismay at her gaffe.
(135) But a news event about a real person can inspire public admiration, shock or utter dismay.
(136) Dismay greeted reports on November 6th that BP, an oil firm, was ditching plans to build a wind farm at the Isle of Grain, a blowy expanse of industrialised desolation in Kent.
(137) Hitherto, Budweiser has been at the forefront of the Americanisation of the world, often to the dismay of foreign drinkers of traditional beers who regard a Bud as a glass of water spoiled.
(138) The ministers expressed dismay at the continued practice of ethnic cleansing.
(139) To the dismay of everyone in blue,(www.Sentencedict.com) the referee had missed the handball - but the linesman hadn't.
(140) Under a cruel eye outworn. The little ones spend the day, In sighing and dismay.
(141) Although Cernan and Lovell expressed their dismay with President Obama's decision, Mr Armstrong tactfully avoided the subject.
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.