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Definition of dismay verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

dismay

 verb
verb
NAmE//dɪsˈmeɪ//
 
dismay somebodyVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they dismay
 
 he / she / it dismays
 
 past simple dismayed
 
-ing form dismaying
 
 
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to make someone feel shocked and disappointed Their reaction dismayed him.
dis‧mayed
 
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adjective dismayed (at/by something) He was dismayed at the change in his old friend. The suggestion was greeted by a dismayed silence. dismayed (to find, hear, see, etc…) They were dismayed to find that the ferry had already left.See dismay in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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