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Definition
to feel sadness, disappointment, or worry — typically in response to something surprising
- 'Your news is all of woe!' cried Eomer in dismay.3.2 -- Book 3 Chapter 2 -- The Riders of Rohan (66% in)
- Boromir had blown his great horn till the woods rang, and at first the Orcs had been dismayed and had drawn back; but when no answer but the echoes came, they had attacked more fierce than ever.3.3 -- Book 3 Chapter 3 -- The Uruk-Hai (4% in)
- Dismayed the rammers let fall the trees and turned to fight; but the wall of their shields was broken as by a lightning-stroke, and they were swept away, hewn down, or cast over the Rock into the stony stream below.3.7 -- Book 3 Chapter 7 -- Helm's Deep (50% in)
- There to his dismay he learned that Eomer had not reached the Hornburg.3.7 -- Book 3 Chapter 7 -- Helm's Deep (77% in)
- The Orcs upon the Rock, hearing the rumour of dismay, wavered and looked back.3.7 -- Book 3 Chapter 7 -- Helm's Deep (90% in)
- 'Stew the rabbits!' squealed Gollum in dismay.4.4 -- Book 4 Chapter 4 -- Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit (43% in)
- There was no longer any answer to that command in his own will, dismayed by terror though it was, and he felt only the beating upon him of a great power from outside.4.8 -- Book 4 Chapter 8 -- The Stairs of Cirith Ungol (29% in)
- Turning his eyes away from the shadow behind and the deep gloom beneath the cliff upon his left, he looked ahead, and he saw two things that increased his dismay.4.9 -- Book 4 Chapter 9 -- Shelob's Lair (78% in)
There are no more uses of "dismay" in The Two Towers.
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