Both Uses of
dismay
in
Fahrenheit 451
- ...and suddenly the odor of kerosene made him vomit.
Mildred came in, humming. She was surprised. "Why'd you do that?"
He looked with dismay at the floor. "We burned an old woman with her books."
p. 47..2 *dismay = sadness or distress
- They leaped into the air and clutched the brass pole as if it were the last vantage point above a tidal wave passing below, and then the brass pole, to their dismay, slid them down into darkness, into the blast and cough and suction of the gaseous dragon roaring to life!
p. 105..7dismay = disappointment or worry
Definition:
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(dismay) to feel sadness, disappointment, or worry -- typically in response to something surprising