All 4 Uses

dismay
in
The Wide Window
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The Baudelaires looked at one another and tried to hide their dismay.†
p. 23.4 *

dismay = sadness, disappointment, or worry
Violet and Sunny stared at Mr. Poe, too dismayed to speak.†
p. 79.1
To her dismay, they were the kind of peppermints that are each wrapped up in a little bit of cellophane.†
p. 89.4

dismay = sadness, disappointment, or worry
The thunder had awoken Count Olaf's comrade, and Violet watched in dismay as the person looked at its empty hand where the key ring had been, and then down on the floor where Sunny had left little crawl-prints of rainwater, and then up to the window and right into Violet's eyes.†
p. 118.4

Definitions:

(1) (dismay)
to feel sadness, disappointment, or worry -- typically in response to something surprising
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)