Antonyms for dismaying
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dis-mey |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈmeɪ |
Definition of dismaying
Origin :- late 13c., dismaien, from Old French *desmaier (attested only in past participle dismaye), from Latin de- intensive prefix + Old French esmaier "to trouble, disturb," from Vulgar Latin *exmagare "divest of power or ability" (source of Italian smagare "to weaken, dismay, discourage"), from ex- (see ex-) + Germanic stem *mag- "power, ability" (cf. Old High German magen "to be powerful or able;" see may (v.)). Spanish desmayer "to be dispirited" is a loan word from Old French. Related: Dismayed; dismaying.
- verb disappoint, fill with consternation
- The utter vagueness of Billy's "waste places" was dismaying, to say the least.
- Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- He admits their truth with a candor and an intelligence that are dismaying.
- Extract from : « The Story of a Play » by W. D. Howells
- This was dismaying news and for the moment Dick was nonplussed.
- Extract from : « The Rover Boys on the Farm » by Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)
- She knew, as a matter of course, that they would be dismaying.
- Extract from : « The Squirrel-Cage » by Dorothy Canfield
- The unknown in the distance, instead of dismaying, drew him on.
- Extract from : « The Life of St. Paul » by James Stalker
- Into the half-year she has put a flattering success and a dismaying failure.
- Extract from : « Pharaoh's Broker » by Ellsworth Douglass
- For Bliss and Brent and Sam looked—it was the dismaying truth—they looked young!
- Extract from : « Selina » by George Madden Martin
- This might be so; but yet, how dismaying and hopeless to him the idea of carrying them into effect!
- Extract from : « Ten Thousand a-Year (Vol. 2) » by Samuel Warren
- Volplaning to earth, he looked for the source of this dismaying interruption.
- Extract from : « Officer 666 » by Barton W. Currie
- "inftead" changed to "instead" (instead of dismaying the Combatants) Page 48.
- Extract from : « An Essay on Criticism » by John Oldmixon
Synonyms for dismaying
- abash
- affright
- agitate
- alarm
- appall
- bewilder
- bother
- chill
- confound
- daunt
- discomfit
- discompose
- disconcert
- discourage
- dishearten
- disillusion
- dispirit
- disquiet
- distress
- disturb
- dumbfound
- embarrass
- faze
- flummox
- fluster
- foul up
- frighten
- get to
- horrify
- louse up
- mess up
- muck up
- mystify
- nonplus
- paralyze
- perplex
- put off
- puzzle
- rattle
- scare
- screw up
- shake
- snafu
- take aback
- terrify
- terrorize
- throw
- throw into a tizzy
- unhinge
- unnerve
- upset
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