Betekenis van:
dismay
dismay
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
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dismay
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- fear resulting from the awareness of danger
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to dismay
Werkwoord
- ontmoedigen, demotiveren, deprimeren
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
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to dismay
Werkwoord
- neerdonderen
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
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Voorbeeldzinnen
- To my dismay, my wallet was gone.
- To my dismay I found I had lost my money.
- To my dismay, he was caught cheating in the examination.
- One morning at breakfast we children were informed to our utter dismay that we could no longer be permitted to run absolutely wild.
- The astronaut lost his grip on the wrench and all he could do was watch in dismay as it floated serenely away.
- Adele watched her friend with dismay. Large tears flooded her face, she could not suppress this scream of anguish and pity: "Oh! Mary! poor Mary!".