- Types Of Speech
- You can use dismay as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Dismay
- A 3 syllables noun and 6 letters with the letters a, d, i, m, s, and y, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters sm. Dismay starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, di, dis, dism, disma, and the ending characters are y, ay, may, smay, ismay, ..
- Definition
- Fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- Compound Words
- A compound word, dismay has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are dis, and may.
- School Grade
- Dismay is set as a sat word that starts with d, ends with y, 3 syllables, 2 vowels and 6 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is dismay a scrabble word? A 12 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Dismay in Pig Latin is said as "ismayday or ismaydway".
- Unigram
- d | i | s | m | a | y
- Bigram
- di | is | sm | ma | ay
- Trigram
- dis | ism | sma | may
- Quadrigram
- dism | isma | smay
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- Verb Examples
- 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" - lower someone's spirits;
make downhearted;
"These news depressed her";
"The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
Synonym | Definition |
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Abash | cause to be embarrassed cause to feel self-conscious |
Abject Fear | |
Admonish | take to task "He admonished the child for his bad behavior" |
Ado | a rapid bustling commotion |
Affright | cause fear in "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me" |
Agitate | change the arrangement or position of |
Agitation | the act of agitating something causing it to move around (usually vigorously) |
Alarm | a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event |
Alarm System | |
Amaze | be a mystery or bewildering to "This beats me!" "Got me--I don''t know the answer!" "a vexing problem" "This question really stuck me" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Dismay
Anagram | Definition |
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Dismay | fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
View English words with the unique letters used in dismay. Words With The Letters Adimsy
Word | Definition |
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Alarm | a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event |
Alert | an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger |
Appal | 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" |
Appall | 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" |
Dismay | fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
Horrify | 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" |
Word | Definition |
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Fear | an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) |
Fearfulness | the trait of being afraid |
Fright | an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Dismay (6 letters) | 12 | 12 | dismay | ||
Mayidism (8 letters) | 16 +4 | 17 +5 | mayidism |
Dismay Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters