All 4 Uses
dismay
in
Great Expectations
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- As I fixed my eyes hopelessly on Joe, Joe contemplated me in dismay.†
p. 73.1 *dismay = sadness, disappointment, or worry
- She quite gloated on these questions and answers, so keen was her enjoyment of Sarah Pocket's jealous dismay.†
p. 166.8
- So imperfect was this realization of the first of my great expectations, that I looked in dismay at Mr. Wemmick.†
p. 181.7
- Herbert said, "Certainly," but looked as if there were no specific consolation in this, and remained perplexed and dismayed.†
p. 361.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(dismay) to feel sadness, disappointment, or worry -- typically in response to something surprising
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)