I . . . can not think of such a battle without
dismay. --Macaulay.
Thou with a tiger spring dost leap upon thy prey,
And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild
dismay. --Mrs.
Barbauld.
2. Condition fitted to dismay; ruin. --Spenser.
Syn: Dejection; discouragement; depression; fear; fright;
terror; apprehension; alarm; affright.
Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed. --Josh. i.
9.
What words be these? What fears do you dismay?
--Fairfax.
2. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet. [Obs.]
Do not dismay yourself for this. --Spenser.
Syn: To terrify; fright; affright; frighten; appall; daunt;
dishearthen; dispirit; discourage; deject; depress. --
To {Dismay}, {Daunt}, {Appall}. Dismay denotes a state
of deep and gloomy apprehension. To daunt supposes
something more sudden and startling. To appall is the
strongest term, implying a sense of terror which
overwhelms the faculties.
So flies a herd of beeves, that hear, dismayed,
The lions roaring through the midnight shade.
--Pope.
Jove got such heroes as my sire, whose soul No
fear could daunt, nor earth nor hell control.
--Pope.
Now the last ruin the whole host appalls; Now
Greece has trembled in her wooden walls. --Pope.