| 单词 | dismayed |
| 释义 | dismayed (once / 1178 pages) adj When you're dismayed, you're aghast, or shocked by disappointment. Your dismayed teacher's face showed that she expected the test grades to be much higher. Dismayed describes feeling appalled or distressed. The word implies a sense of being let down, the way you'd feel if your favorite baseball team lost the World Series, or if your birthday present wasn't the ticket to France you'd hoped for, but was just a pink sweater. You can also feel dismayed when expecting more from someone, like being dismayed to see your environmental science teacher throwing recyclables in the trash. WORD FAMILYdismayed: dismayedly, undismayed+/dismay: dismayed, dismaying, dismays/dismaying: dismayingly/undismayed: undismayedly USAGE EXAMPLESI was similarly dismayed throughout the 2016 campaign to hear friends say that they couldn’t wait for the election to be over. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Butler’s immersion in the details of the nuclear command-and-control system left him dismayed. The New Yorker(Dec 23, 2016) Whether you are pleased or dismayed by the November 8 outcome, the election was not the end of the story. Time(Dec 22, 2016) adj struck with fear, dread, or consternation Syn aghast, appalled, shocked afraid filled with fear or apprehension |
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