dismay
verb (used with object)
to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt.
dismayingly
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a word derived from
dismay.
Example Sentences
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But even if we consider just that one category, the news is dismayingly grim.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
Despite all the pain and suffering inflicted during the pandemic, vaccine acceptance remains dismayingly low, experts say.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2023
A few weeks ago I watched Antonioni’s “L’Avventura,” a landmark we said in 1960, but dismayingly prim now, with the inescapable discovery that the radiant Monica Vitti could not act very well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2020
Two or three generations of readers have now seen the futures he envisaged in his three trilogies of novels coming dismayingly into being around them.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 11, 2020
Now the first thing you are likely to realize is that space is extremely well named and rather dismayingly uneventful.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
