See Also: dismay(medicine)
dismay(1)(dictionary)
dismay(2)(dictionary)
dismay 1, noun(dictionary)
dismay 2, verb(dictionary)

dismay(2) (iou)



dismay verb. ME.
[from assumed Old French verb from Proto-Romance, from Latin DIS- 2 + Germanic base of MAY verb1.]
verb trans. Fill with dismay; reduce to despair. Formerly also (rare), defeat or rout by sudden onslaught. ME.
J. G. Farrell She hugged him tightly with tears in her eyes, dismayed at how much he had changed.
verb intrans. Become utterly discouraged or faint-hearted. LME-L16.
dismayedness noun dismayed condition L16.
dismayer noun L16.
dismayingly adverb so as to cause dismay (rare before E20) M18.