vt condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
2. dismay ·vi to take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
3. dismay ·vi to render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
4. dismay ·vt loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
5. dismay ·vi 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.