Synonyms of dismaying

dismaying 1 of 2

adjective

as in disconcerting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disconcerting
• disheartening
• discouraging
• troubling
• daunting
• demoralizing
• dispiriting
• disturbing
• unsettling
• troublesome
• worrisome
• disquieting
• discomfiting
• upsetting
• frightening
• distressing
• perturbing
• nagging
• discomforting
• scary
• troublous
• chilling
• alarming
• shocking
• terrifying
• horrifying
• nasty
• discomposing
• terrible
• formidable
• horrible
• ghastly
• dreadful
• frightful
• fearful
• horrendous
• dire
• persecutory
• dread
• fearsome
• forbidding
• direful
• persecutive
• harassing
• intimidating
• hair-raising

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reassuring
• settling
• soothing
• calming
• comforting
• narcotic
• dreamy
• relaxing
• sedative
• consoling
• inviting
• quieting
• tranquilizing
• tranquillizing
• lulling
• pacifying

dismaying

2 of 2

verb

present participle of dismay

1

as in discouraging

to lessen the courage or confidence of

the imposing climb up the mountain dismayed us even before we got started

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discouraging
• frustrating
• disheartening
• daunting
• unnerving
• dispiriting
• frightening
• intimidating
• horrifying
• troubling
• demoralizing
• worrying
• chilling
• scaring
• distressing
• afflicting
• saddening
• bothering
• throwing cold water on
• unmanning
• depressing
• bullying
• weighing
• trying
• debilitating
• browbeating
• vexing
• undermining
• deadening
• weakening
• cowing
• irking
• dampening
• damping
• enfeebling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• encouraging
• cheering
• heartening
• invigorating
• reinforcing
• emboldening
• enforcing
• enlivening
• exciting
• reassuring
• strengthening
• animating
• nerving
• assuring
• gladdening
• steeling
• stirring
• inspiring
• stimulating
• buoying (up)
• provoking
• fortifying
• energizing
• galvanizing
• lifting
• quickening
• reenforcing
• rallying
• boosting

2

as in alarming

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

parents who became increasingly dismayed by their son's foundering marriage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alarming
• disturbing
• worrying
• distracting
• concerning
• bothering
• unsettling
• distressing
• upsetting
• angering
• disquieting
• haunting
• annoying
• discomforting
• agitating
• plaguing
• perturbing
• irritating
• confusing
• embarrassing
• undoing
• unhinging
• exasperating
• ailing
• derailing
• freaking (out)
• flurrying
• discomposing
• frazzling
• rattling
• exercising
• aggravating
• distempering
• discouraging
• fussing
• vexing
• bugging
• hagriding
• weirding out
• disconcerting
• irking
• galling
• alaruming
• harassing
• disheartening
• discomfiting
• jarring
• dispiriting
• nettling
• confounding
• mortifying
• chivvying
• pestering
• unnerving
• harrying
• riling
• bedeviling
• grating
• chafing
• fretting
• daunting
• chivying
• flustering
• piquing
• peeving
• demoralizing
• putting off
• putting out
• abashing
• getting
• discountenancing
• shaking up
• nonplussing
• nonplusing
• fazing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• soothing
• calming
• composing
• quieting
• settling
• tranquilizing
• alleviating
• allaying
• assuaging
• tranquillizing
• mollifying
• placating
• appeasing
• pacifying
• conciliating
• propitiating