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Definition
to feel sadness, disappointment, or worry — typically in response to something surprising
- It was a person she didn't like at all, a person that dismayed her when she thought of him in connection with herself.
- She smelled something thick and unpleasant in the air of her kitchen, some whiff of the jungle, and realized with dismay that it was a mixture of her fear and his rage.
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