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dismay

[dis-mey] / dɪsˈmeɪ /




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Iran is known to have been dismayed by the lack of progress in last year's talks, with Witkoff understood to have often attended without experts on what is a highly technical matter.

From BBC

Pharmaceutical industry leaders had publicly hailed Pazdur’s appointment as drugs chief, praising his years of expertise and scientific acumen, and were dismayed by his departure.

From The Wall Street Journal

The newest numbers may not surprise Americans who have been opening their utility bills with dismay for months or longer.

From MarketWatch

Marshall brokered a cease-fire between a dismayed Chiang and gleeful Communists in January 1946: It was meant to last for two weeks but “became a four-month truce that changed the course of the civil war.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Ukrainian fans at the skeleton venue expressed their dismay over the IOC's decision.

From Barron's