DISMAY


Meaning of DISMAY in English

v. & n.

v.tr. fill with consternation or anxiety; discourage or depress; reduce to despair.

n. 1 consternation or anxiety. 2 depression or despair.

[ ME f. OF desmaiier (unrecorded) ult. f. a Gmc root = deprive of power (as DIS-, MAY) ]

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