Both Uses of
dismay
in
Brave New World
- Even the thought of persecution left him undismayed, was rather tonic than depressing.†
p. 98..8
- He realized to his dismay that, absorbed in the whittling of his bow, he had forgotten what he had sworn to himself he would constantly remember–poor Linda, and his own murderous unkindness to her, and those loathsome twins, swarming like lice across the mystery of her death, insulting, with their presence, not merely his own grief and repentance, but the very gods themselves.†
p. 247..7 *
Definition:
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(dismay) to feel sadness, disappointment, or worry -- typically in response to something surprising