dismay /dɪsˈmeɪ/verb 3noun 2forms 3 verb3 •To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy.Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed. — 1611 •To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.Dismay not, princes, at this accident, — 1591 •To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.Do not dismay yourself for this. — 1596 noun2 •A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spiritsHe looked in dismay at the destruction of the town caused by the hurricane. •Condition fitted to dismay; ruin. formsdismayed · dismaying · dismays