dismay
verb (used with object)
to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt.
had dismayed
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past perfectof dismay.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The merger effort had dismayed investors, who sent Netflix shares tumbling as much as 30%.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
But a stint as the Mariners’ union rep during the 1981 players strike had dismayed him.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2023
Ahmed Abdulkarim, a Sudanese who works with an NGO helping refugees and has applied three times for the diversity visa, said the ruling had dismayed many family members and friends.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2020
His 'no comment' to that question had dismayed his former friend Betsy Andreu, who has always maintained the incident happened.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2015
At that time he was building his famous Folly at Neuilly, and his wife bought, to crown the tester of her bed, a plume of feathers of which the price had dismayed the Queen.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Honor? de Balzac
