All 6 Uses of
dismay
in
The Phantom of the Opera
- And they were already smiling rather too broadly upon Sorelli, who had begun to recite her speech, when an exclamation from that little madcap of a Jammes broke the smile of the managers so brutally that the expression of distress and dismay that lay beneath it became apparent to all eyes: "The Opera ghost!"†
Chpt 3dismay = sadness, disappointment, or worry
- I have a letter of Christine's (it forms part of the Persian's collection), relating to this period, which suggests a feeling of absolute dismay: "I don't know myself when I sing," writes the poor child.†
Chpt 5 *
- But everybody knew how perfect an instrument her voice was; and there was no display of anger, but only of horror and dismay, the sort of dismay which men would have felt if they had witnessed the catastrophe that broke the arms of the Venus de Milo...And even then they would have seen ... and understood ... But here that toad was incomprehensible!†
Chpt 7
- But everybody knew how perfect an instrument her voice was; and there was no display of anger, but only of horror and dismay, the sort of dismay which men would have felt if they had witnessed the catastrophe that broke the arms of the Venus de Milo...And even then they would have seen ... and understood ... But here that toad was incomprehensible!†
Chpt 7
- Surprise, indignation, protest and dismay were furthermore displayed by little Meg's mother in a sort of extravagant movement of offended virtue, half bound, half slide, that brought her right under the nose of M. Richard, who could not help pushing back his chair.†
Chpt 16
- And the little waves passed between their legs, climbing up their legs, irresistibly, and Raoul and the Persian could no longer restrain their cries of horror, dismay and pain.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
to feel sadness, disappointment, or worry -- typically in response to something surprising