transitive. To deprive of moral courage at the prospect of peril or trouble; to appal or paralyze with fear or the feeling of being undone; utterly…
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释义 | the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > dismay (12) dismay1297 transitive. To deprive of moral courage at the prospect of peril or trouble; to appal or paralyze with fear or the feeling of being undone; utterly… amayc1330 transitive. To dismay. Cf. esmay, v. mayc1380 transitive. To dismay. Also intransitive: to be dismayed. esmay1393 transitive and reflexive. = dismay, v.1 asmayc1420 To dismay. formayc1470 transitive. = dismay, v.1 esbay1480 transitive. To cow, dismay. astonish1535 To shock a person out of his or her self-possession, or confidence; to dismay, terrify. Obsolete. appal1548 figurative. To cause to fade or cease to flourish; to dim, weaken, enfeeble, impair. Obsolete. consternate1651 transitive. To fill with amazement and terror; to dismay. repall1687 A compositorial error for appal, v., introduced into the 1687 edition of Fairfax's translation of Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne, edited by Roger… aghast1876 transitive. To frighten, dismay, or shock; to make aghast. |
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