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dismayed, ppl. a.|dɪsˈmeɪd|
Also 4 desmaid, 6 dismade, 6–8 -mai(e)d.
[f. dismay v.1 + -ed1.]
Overwhelmed with fear, etc.; appalled.
1513More in Grafton Chron. (1568) II. 765 The Queene..sate alone alowe..all desolate, and dismayed. 1561Hollybush Hom. Apoth. 22 a, Then is he holye dismade and heavy. 1624Capt. Smith Virginia v. 196 Newes was brought the Gouernor by a dismaied Messenger. 1743J. Davidson æneid viii. 238 Then first our men beheld Cacus dismaid. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 218 His ardent and unconquerable spirit..soon roused the courage of his dismayed countrymen. |