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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
dismay
1. the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles (Freq. 4) • Syn: discouragement, disheartenment • Derivationally related forms: dishearten (for: disheartenment), discourage (for: discouragement) • Hypernyms: despair • Hyponyms: intimidation 2. fear resulting from the awareness of danger (Freq. 2) • Syn: alarm, consternation • Derivationally related forms: alarm (for: alarm) • Hypernyms: fear, fearfulness, fright • Attrubites: alarming, unalarming
1. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised - I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview - The news of the executions horrified us • Syn: alarm, appal, appall, horrify • Derivationally related forms: horror (for: horrify), alarmist (for: alarm), alarm (for: alarm) • Hypernyms: frighten, fright, scare, affright • Hyponyms: shock • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody - The bad news will dismay him - The performance is likely to dismay Sue 2. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted - These news depressed her - The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her • Syn: depress, deject, cast down, get down, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise • Ant: elate (for: depress) • Derivationally related forms: demoralisation (for: demoralise), demoralization (for: demoralize), dejection (for: deject), depressant (for: depress) • Hypernyms: discourage • Hyponyms: chill • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody - The bad news will dismay him - The performance is likely to dismay Sue
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