dismay

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
discouragement, disheartenment
• Derivationally related forms:
dishearten (for: disheartenment), discourage (for: discouragement)
• Hypernyms:
despair
• Hyponyms:
intimidation
2. fear resulting from the awareness of danger (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
alarm, consternation
• Derivationally related forms:
alarm (for: alarm)
• Hypernyms:
fear, fearfulness, fright
• Attrubites:
alarming, unalarming

II - verb

1. 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
• Syn:
alarm, appal, appall, horrify
• Derivationally related forms:
horror (for: horrify), alarmist (for: alarm), alarm (for: alarm)
• Hypernyms:
frighten, fright, scare, affright
• Hyponyms:
shock
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will dismay him
- The performance is likely to dismay Sue
2. lower someone's spirits;
make downhearted
- These news depressed her
- The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
• Syn:
depress, deject, cast down, get down, dispirit,
demoralize, demoralise
• Ant:
elate (for: depress)
• Derivationally related forms:
demoralisation (for: demoralise), demoralization (for: demoralize), dejection (for: deject), depressant (for: depress)
• Hypernyms:
discourage
• Hyponyms:
chill
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will dismay him
- The performance is likely to dismay Sue

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  alarm, consternation, discouragement, disheartenment, appal, appall, horrify, depress, deject, cast down, get down, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate