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
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
It is dismayingly meaningful when they do, and when they do not, mean what they say.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2019
The Pythons included a prolific diarist – Palin has published three hefty volumes already – but, dismayingly, the months around the start of the first Python show are one of the longest gaps.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2019
Life on Earth, you see, is not only brief but dismayingly tenuous.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
