6 Letters
4 Consonants
2 Vowels
3 Syllables
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"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Dismay"

There are 190 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to dismay.

SynonymDefinition
Abashcause to be embarrassed
cause to feel self-conscious
Abject Fear
Admonishtake to task
"He admonished the child for his bad behavior"
Adoa rapid bustling commotion
Affrightcause fear in
"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"
Agitatechange the arrangement or position of
Agitationthe act of agitating something
causing it to move around (usually vigorously)
Alarma device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
Alarm System
Amazebe a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"
"Got me--I don''t know the answer!"
"a vexing problem"
"This question really stuck me"

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from dismay.

Anagram Definition
Dismayfear resulting from the awareness of danger

View English words with the unique letters used in dismay. Words With The Letters Adimsy

Derives

Dismay derives from 6 words.

Word Definition
Alarma device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
Alertan automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
Appalfill 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"
Appallfill 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"
Dismayfear resulting from the awareness of danger
Horrifyfill 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"

Hypernyms

Dismay has 3 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Fearan emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
Fearfulnessthe trait of being afraid
Frightan emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word dismay.

Is dismay a scrabble word or can you use dismay in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 229949 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 210748 games. This 6 letter 12 point scrabble word can be rearranged 720 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, d, i, m, s, and y? There's 2 with 8 letters or less with the letters a, d, i, m, s, and y. Here is a list of 2 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Dismay (6 letters) 12 12 dismay
Mayidism (8 letters) 16 +4 17 +5 mayidism





     

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