All 10 Uses
dismay
in
Confessions of a Shopaholic
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- I look at her in dismay.†
Chpt 3 *dismay = sadness, disappointment, or worry
- I wail in dismay.†
Chpt 3
- I look at the girl in dismay.†
Chpt 6
- He stares at me blankly as though he doesn't even know who I am, and I feel my stomach give a little flip of dismay.†
Chpt 6
- But then she grins and takes my arm—and to the obvious dismay of the girl at the door, we waltz out of the room.†
Chpt 8
- "My hair!" says Janice in dismay, staring into the mirror.†
Chpt 17
- "We haven't!" says Mum in dismay.†
Chpt 19
- "Luke!" comes Zelda's voice from the corridor, and I feel a swoop of dismay.†
Chpt 19
- I feel a pang of dismay.†
Chpt 23
- Nine ...And suddenly I sit bolt upright in bed, my eyes wide in dismay.†
Chpt 24
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)