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Definition

to feel sadness, disappointment, or worry — typically in response to something surprising

dismayed = sad, disappointed, or worried

dismay = a feeling sadness, disappointment, or worry

dismay = disappointment or sadness

dismayed = sad, disappointed, or worried

"Oh, I BEG your pardon!" she exclaimed in a tone of great dismay,
Lewis Carroll -- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

dismay = upset (by her error)

and over all their faces there came an expression of uttermost dismay.
C.S. Lewis -- The Last Battle

dismay = sadness, worry, or discouragement

"Somebody's mashed my costume," I wailed in dismay.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

dismay = sadness or disappointment

He scrambles out of the water, shaking each foot in dismay.
Katherine Applegate -- The One and Only Ivan

dismay = sadness or disappointment

But he was a little dismayed that his schedule left no time, apparently, for recreation.
Lois Lowry -- The Giver

dismayed = sad

Mae Tuck's round face wrinkled in dismay. "Dear Lord, don't cry!"
Natalie Babbitt -- Tuck Everlasting

dismay = distress

  ...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."
Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451

dismay = sadness or distress

The others looked dismayed; only Aragorn, who knew Gandalf well, remained silent and unmoved.
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Fellowship of the Ring

dismayed = worried or discouraged

He was quite dismayed when he first began to find it out—that most of the men hated their work.
Upton Sinclair -- The Jungle

dismayed = disappointed or worried

...suddenly a look of dismay came over his face.
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Return of the King

dismay = worry

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!
Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451

dismay = disappointment or worry

Seven or eight people were gathered about it when Adams and his friend arrived, and Jurgis saw to his dismay that three of them were ladies.
Upton Sinclair -- The Jungle
And he stood for a moment, hesitating, helpless with dismay.
Upton Sinclair -- The Jungle
Jurgis sat dumb with dismay.
Upton Sinclair -- The Jungle
Jurgis gave vent to a cry of dismay, cut off suddenly by the policeman, who seized him by the collar.
Upton Sinclair -- The Jungle
And Jurgis gave a cry of dismay.
Upton Sinclair -- The Jungle

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