Synonyms of dismay

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noun

1

as in disappointment

the emotion felt when one's expectations are not met

filled with dismay at not making the finals

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disappointment
• frustration
• dissatisfaction
• sadness
• displeasure
• sorrow
• discontent
• letdown
• distress
• chagrin
• disillusionment
• discontentment
• disgruntlement
• disenchantment
• unhappiness
• dejection
• melancholy
• oppression
• discomfiture
• gloom
• discontentedness
• gloominess
• joylessness
• crestfallenness
• blues
• dumps
• dreariness
• despondency
• depression
• dolor
• dejectedness
• downheartedness
• disconsolateness
• mopes
• doldrums
• desolation
• desolateness
• dolefulness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• satisfaction
• content
• contentment
• gratification
• joy
• fulfilment
• fulfillment
• contentedness
• happiness
• bliss
• gladness
• felicity

2

as in despair

the state of being discouraged

in my dismay I failed to realize that there would be other chances

Synonyms & Similar Words

• despair
• discouragement
• defeatism
• depression
• demoralization
• despondency
• disheartenment
• dejection
• gloom
• melancholy
• resignation
• dispiritedness
• dumps
• pessimism
• blues
• mopes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• encouragement
• optimism
• sanguinity

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verb (1)

1

as in to discourage

to lessen the courage or confidence of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discourage
• frustrate
• daunt
• intimidate
• worry
• frighten
• dishearten
• scare
• trouble
• unnerve
• dispirit
• horrify
• distress
• bother
• demoralize
• chill
• sadden
• throw cold water on
• browbeat
• weigh
• cow
• unman
• afflict
• try
• bully
• undermine
• irk
• depress
• dampen
• vex
• weaken
• deaden
• damp
• debilitate
• enfeeble

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• encourage
• nerve
• steel
• cheer
• assure
• reinforce
• enforce
• hearten
• strengthen
• embolden
• reassure
• enliven
• buoy (up)
• gladden
• animate
• excite
• stir
• stimulate
• provoke
• inspire
• invigorate
• fortify
• lift
• boost
• rally
• energize
• quicken
• reenforce
• galvanize

2

as in to concern

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concern
• alarm
• worry
• bother
• anger
• disturb
• distract
• distress
• upset
• discomfort
• unsettle
• annoy
• agitate
• disquiet
• plague
• haunt
• confuse
• irritate
• ail
• fuss
• discompose
• perturb
• derail
• embarrass
• unhinge
• exercise
• undo
• flurry
• exasperate
• weird out
• freak (out)
• rattle
• distemper
• aggravate
• irk
• bug
• hagride
• alarum
• vex
• frazzle
• discourage
• pique
• harass
• rile
• fret
• fluster
• discomfit
• harry
• chafe
• disconcert
• pester
• put off
• peeve
• grate
• put out
• confound
• gall
• bedevil
• shake up
• mortify
• faze
• daunt
• unnerve
• dishearten
• chivvy
• abash
• nettle
• dispirit
• get
• discountenance
• chivy
• nonplus
• demoralize
• jar

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• soothe
• calm
• settle
• quiet
• alleviate
• compose
• allay
• assuage
• tranquillize
• tranquilize
• appease
• placate
• mollify
• pacify
• conciliate
• propitiate

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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

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verb (2)

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