dismay
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[edit] Noun
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dismay (uncountable)
[edit] Translations
a sudden loss of courage
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to dismay (third-person singular simple present dismays, present participle dismaying, simple past and past participle dismayed)
- To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive of firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.
- To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
- To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
- Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
- Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
[edit] Translations
- Vietnamese: làm mất tinh thần, làm mất hết can đảm