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dismay
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The Miserable Mill
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And the Baudelaires certainly did not expect twittering birds or a butler, not after their dismaying arrival.†
p. 30.6
The dismayed orphans looked at their reflections, and their dismayed reflections looked back at them.†
p. 47.6 *
The dismayed orphans looked at their reflections, and their dismayed reflections looked back at them.†
p. 47.7
Charles held up the three books to show the Baudelaires what each one looked like, and the children stared in dismay and fear.†
p. 60.4

dismay = sadness, disappointment, or worry
After work, while walking across the dirty courtyard with their fellow employees, Violet and Sunny had peered worriedly at the wooden gate that led out to Paltryville, and were dismayed to see no sign of Klaus.†
p. 77.9
The children did not sleep, of course, but stared out into the dark room with a growing feeling of dismay.†
p. 80.3

dismay = sadness, disappointment, or worry

Definitions:

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