Definitions
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
Word origin
From Middle English dismayen, from Anglo-Norman *desmaiier, alteration of Old French esmaier (“to frighten”), probably from Vulgar Latin *exmagare (“to deprive (someone) of strength, to disable”), from ex- + *magare (“to enable, empower”), from Proto-Germanic *maginą, *maganą (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”).
Used in a sentence
“Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.”
“What words be these? What fears do you dismay?”
“Do not dismay yourself for this.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Alarmed surprise”6 letters
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