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dismay

[dis-mey] / dɪsˈmeɪ /




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Dismay or appall you, sure, but never surprise you.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

Dismay at poorly behaved executives getting payouts while normal employees get nothing?

From The Verge • Oct. 1, 2020

The tower once mooted to be named after Queen Victoria became known instead as the "Shareholders' Dismay", "London Stump" and "Watkin's Folly".

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2019

Dismay seems to be the prevailing emotion among those responding to the news, that and a lack of surprise.

From Washington Post • May 4, 2018

I waited for Dismay to trot down the hallway and find us, curious about what we were up to, but of course he didn’t.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles




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