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  • present participle of dismay.

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Since Shakespeare’s verse for the young lovers is among his most rhapsodic and hypnotically beautiful, the choice is dismaying.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

The co-owner of the Swiss bar hit by a deadly fire during New Year celebrations was released from custody on Friday after bail was paid on his behalf, dismaying victims' families.

From Barron's Jan. 23, 2026

“It is dismaying that so many of them have been forgotten.”

From New York Times Mar. 3, 2023

The silence from leaders and corporations when it comes to Kanye or antisemitism in general is dismaying but not surprising.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 24, 2022

Over the breadth of an ocean the smallest miscalculations would become magnified so that ships often missed Bermuda-sized targets by dismaying margins.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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