All 3 Uses of
dismay
in
The Age of Innocence
- Little as he had actually seen of Madame Olenska, he was beginning to think that he could read her face, and if not her face, her voice; and both had betrayed annoyance, and even dismay, at Beaufort's sudden appearance.†
Chpt 15
- Both were silent for a moment, as if dismayed by the unforeseen trend of their words: then she said in a low voice: "If that is it—is there some one else?"†
Chpt 16 *
- As she sat thus, the lamplight full on her clear brow, he said to himself with a secret dismay that he would always know the thoughts behind it, that never, in all the years to come, would she surprise him by an unexpected mood, by a new idea, a weakness, a cruelty or an emotion.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(dismay) to feel sadness, disappointment, or worry -- typically in response to something surprising