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▪ I. † disˈmaying, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. dismay v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. dismay; daunting; dismay.
13..K. Alis. 2801 Men myghte ther y-seo hondis wrynge..Sway, and gret dismayng. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xlvi. 3 There is no cause of dismaying in y⊇ faythfull. 1611Bible Jer. xlviii. 39 So shall Moab be a derision, and a dismaying to all them about him. 1666Pepys Diary 4 July, It was pure dismaying and fear which made them all run upon the ‘Galloper’.
▪ II. disˈmaying, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That dismays.
1653Gataker Vind. Annot. Jer. 96 They fil mens heds with dismaying fears. 1816Scott Bl. Dwarf ii, They presented themselves with a readiness which he felt to be somewhat dismaying. 1817Shelley Rev. Islam ii. xix, To tread life's dismaying wilderness Without one smile to cheer.
Hence disˈmayingly adv.
1731Bailey, Dismayingly, dishearteningly. 1911M. & J. Findlater Penny Monypenny iii. iv. 316 It was now dismayingly hot. 1926Chambers's Jrnl. 337/2 She would have found it dismayingly difficult to conduct the most juvenile class. |