All 4 Uses of
dismay
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- He stood up and gave a shout of nervous laughter to which their cries echoed dismay.†
Chpt 2 *dismay = sadness, disappointment, or worry
- Needless to say poor Tommy was not slow to voice his dismay but luckily the gentleman in black who was sitting there by himself came gallantly to the rescue and intercepted the ball.†
Chpt 13
- Be not afeard neither for any want for this will comfort more than the other will dismay.†
Chpt 14
- The impervious navigator heard these lurid tidings, undismayed.†
Chpt 16undismayed = not sad, disappointed, or worriedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in undismayed means not and reverses the meaning of dismayed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definition:
to feel sadness, disappointment, or worry -- typically in response to something surprising