dismay

  1. Noun.  A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
  2. Noun.  Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
  3. Verb.  To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive of firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.
  4. Verb.  To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
  5. Verb.  To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.

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