All dismay synonyms
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D d noun dismay
- disappointment — Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
- shock — a thick, bushy mass, as of hair.
- consternation — Consternation is a feeling of anxiety or fear.
- apprehension — Apprehension is a feeling of fear that something bad may happen.
- panic — Also called panic grass. any grass of the genus Panicum, many species of which bear edible grain.
- sadness — affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
- depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- anxiety — Anxiety is a feeling of nervousness or worry.
- chagrin — Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure.
- disillusionment — to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
- dread — to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death.
- fright — sudden and extreme fear; a sudden terror.
- horror — an overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting; a shuddering fear: to shrink back from a mutilated corpse in horror.
- terror — intense, sharp, overmastering fear: to be frantic with terror.
- trepidation — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- agitation — If someone is in a state of agitation, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.
- blues — a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness
- bummer — If you say that something is a bummer, you mean that it is unpleasant or annoying.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- disheartenment — The act of disheartening.
- downer — Informal. a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate. a depressing experience, person, or situation.
- dumps — an accumulation of discarded garbage, refuse, etc.
- fear — a river in SE North Carolina. 202 miles (325 km) long.
- funk — Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1884–1967, U.S. biochemist, born in Poland: discovered thiamine, the first vitamin isolated.
- hassle — a disorderly dispute.
- letdown — a decrease in volume, force, energy, etc.: a letdown in sales; a general letdown of social barriers.
- blue funk — a state of great terror or loss of nerve
- cold feet — loss or lack of courage or confidence
verb dismay
adjective dismay
- underwhelm — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.