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DISMAYED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Struck with fear, dread, or consternation
Synonyms:
aghast; appalled; dismayed; shocked
Classified under:
Similar:
afraid (filled with fear or apprehension)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb dismay
Context examples:
It was Gatsby's father, a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed, bundled up in a long cheap ulster against the warm September day.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
He stayed there two weeks, dismayed at its ferocious indifference to the drums of his destiny, to destiny itself, and despising the janitor's work with which he was to pay his way through.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
