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adjective

Definition of dismayingnext
as in disconcerting

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dismaying

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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

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2
as in alarming
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy parents who became increasingly dismayed by their son's foundering marriage

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