Definition of dismay

• v. i. - To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.
• v. i. - To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
• v. i. - To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
• v. t. - Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
• v. t. - Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.