Dismay

Definitions

1. A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits
   uncountable
2. Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He looked in dismay at the destruction of the town caused by the hurricane.”

“Come⟳ on: in this there can be no dismay; My ships come⟳ home a month before the day.”

“US reputational damage⟳ is not confined to Europe. There was dismay among the G7 countries that a joint statement on tackling the pandemic could not be agreed because Trump insisted on calling it the “Wuhan virus” – his crude way of pinning sole blame⟳ on China.”

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