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dismaying::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | appalling |
Examples of dismaying
dismaying
With dismaying speed, the style of counterculture was consumed by the corporate.
From the guardian.co.uk
The whole thing is astounding to me, astonishing beyond words and very dismaying.
From the businessweek.com
It was the most dramatically dismaying result of the whole dismaying election.
From the time.com
What's dismaying about the anti-spam fight is how clever the spammers have become.
From the newsobserver.com
It is dismaying that ETA now finds it so easy to set Spain's political agenda.
From the economist.com
The contrast with the fate of the Conservatives makes this all the more dismaying.
From the guardian.co.uk
The left to right is some what dismaying when there are more faces than names.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This for me is the most dismal and dismaying part of the unemployment figures.
From the guardian.co.uk
Abroad, Obama has often displayed a dismaying defensiveness about his country.
From the ocregister.com
- Depress: lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
- Discouragement: the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- Alarm: fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- 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"
- (dismayed) aghast(p): struck with fear, dread, or consternation
- (dismaying) appalling: causing consternation; "appalling conditions"
- A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation; Condition fitted to dismay; ruin; To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive of firmness ...
- (dismayed) To have the emotion of dismay
- (dismayed) [adj.] strongly disappointed and concerned
