dismay
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Dismay or appall you, sure, but never surprise you.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024
Dismay at poorly behaved executives getting payouts while normal employees get nothing?
From The Verge • Oct. 1, 2020
The tower once mooted to be named after Queen Victoria became known instead as the "Shareholders' Dismay", "London Stump" and "Watkin's Folly".
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2019
Dismay seems to be the prevailing emotion among those responding to the news, that and a lack of surprise.
From Washington Post • May 4, 2018
Peach came down the grand front staircase with Aunt Goldie, keeping his gaze intently on the front doors, as if he might hear Dismay barking outside any moment.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Vocabulary lists containing dismay
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 2
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