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Words related to dismay

Related / Similar Words: alarm, consternation, discouragement, disheartenment, appal, appall, horrify, depress, deject, cast down, get down, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise

Definition:

fear resulting from the awareness of danger;

the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles;

fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us";

lower someone''s spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child''s health demoralizes her";

Hyponyms: intimidation, shock, chill

Attributes: alarming, unalarming

Derivational Morphology: alarm, appal, appall, horrify, alert, depress, deject, cast down, get down, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise, dishearten, put off, discourage, horror, alarmist, consternation, demoralization, demoralisation, discouragement, disheartenment, dejection, sedative, sedative drug, depressant, downer

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resist is similar to stand, fend, hold out, withstand, stand firm, protest, dissent, balk, baulk, jib, defy, refuse and reject.

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