dismay

3 definitions • 5 examples

a feeling of unhappiness and disappointment:

be filled with dismay Aid workers were said to have been filled with dismay by the appalling conditions that the refugees were living in.

in/with dismay The fans watched in/with dismay as their team lost 42–11.

to someone's dismay She discovered, to her dismay, that her exam was a whole month earlier than she'd expected.

to make someone feel unhappy and disappointed:

The prospect of more road-building dismays environmentalists.

a feeling of shock and unhappiness:

She discovered, to her dismay, that she had locked her keys inside her car.