Both Uses of
dismay
in
Middlemarch
- For a moment Fred looked at the horizon with a dismayed anxiety, and then turning with a quick movement said almost sharply— "Do you mean to say, Mrs. Garth, that Mr. Farebrother is in love with Mary?"†
Chpt 6
- When Will had ceased to speak she had become an image of sickened misery: her lips were pale, and her eyes had a tearless dismay in them.†
Chpt 8 *
Definition:
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(dismay) to feel sadness, disappointment, or worry -- typically in response to something surprising