All 19 Uses of
dismay
in
War and Peace
- Anna Pavlovna in dismay detained him with the words: "Do you know the Abbe Morio?†
Chpt 1
- "Andrew, already!" said the little princess, turning pale and looking with dismay at her husband.†
Chpt 1 *
- Tushin turned round in dismay.†
Chpt 2
- He wished to take a decision, but felt with dismay that in this matter he lacked that strength of will which he had known in himself and really possessed.†
Chpt 3
- Bagration, on seeing the salver, glanced around in dismay, as though seeking help.†
Chpt 4
- "I do not understand," said Pierre, feeling with dismay doubts reawakening.†
Chpt 5
- Two women ran out after them, and all four, looking round at the carriage, ran in dismay up the steps of the back porch.†
Chpt 5
- Rostov, in dismay, began justifying himself, but seeing the kindly, jocular face of the general, he took him aside and in an excited voice told him the whole affair, asking him to intercede for Denisov, whom the general knew.†
Chpt 5
- I dreamed that I was walking in the dark and was suddenly surrounded by dogs, but I went on undismayed.†
Chpt 6
- Natasha was evidently dismayed at the thought of what he might think she had meant.†
Chpt 8
- The countess, in dismay, looked up to heaven, clasped her hands, and turned angrily to her husband.†
Chpt 9
- They looked at each other with dismayed and embarrassed faces.†
Chpt 9
- She looked at him in dismay trying to guess what he wanted of her.†
Chpt 10
- Kutuzov looked at him with eyes wide open with dismay and then took off his cap and crossed himself: "May the kingdom of Heaven be his!†
Chpt 10
- Some people began to laugh, others continued to watch in dismay the executioner who was undressing the other man.†
Chpt 10
- "Not at all," rejoined the adjutant in dismay.†
Chpt 11
- The countess opened her eyes in dismay and, seizing Sonya's arm, glanced around.†
Chpt 11
- On the faces of all the Russians and of the French soldiers and officers without exception, he read the same dismay, horror, and conflict that were in his own heart.†
Chpt 12
- Then suddenly, dismayed lest he had said too much, Petya stopped and blushed.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(dismay) to feel sadness, disappointment, or worry -- typically in response to something surprising