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disˈmayedness [f. prec. + -ness.] Dismayed state or condition; utter dispiritedness.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xxii. 2 Hereupon came that dissmaydnesse and dread, which compelled him too crave release of death. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 163 That shame and dismaiednesse which maketh us that we dare not looke a man in the face. a1649Winthrop New Eng. (1853) I. 12 There appeared no fear or dismayedness amoung them. 1701W. Wotton Hist. Rome i. 19 Never discovering perplexity, dismayedness..or distrust. |