All 10 Uses of
dismay
in
Confessions of a Shopaholic
- 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
Definition:
to feel sadness, disappointment, or worry -- typically in response to something surprising