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Definition of "dismays" [dismays]

  • Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dismay. (verb)

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Use "dismays" in a sentence
  • "And I’d bet my name dismays you greatly, so let me state my case."
  • "Our minds are supposed to complement each other, women nurture, men provide, yet this design of nature dismays me; it seems so flawed."
  • "It dismays me to see Protestants, who ought to join us in championing self-control and the subjugation of the passions to the intellect, treating something as mundane as celibacy, which everyone has to practice at some point, as something "devilish.""