Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dismay
adjectivedismaying (comparative more dismaying, superlative most dismaying)
comparative more dismaying · superlative most dismaying
noundismaying (plural dismayings)
plural dismayings
- archaicA state of dismay.
My dismayings utterly consume me: / They encompass me like water: / They press wholly upon me every day.
quoted in 1842, John Mason Good, John Mason Neale, An Historical Outline of the Book of Psalms (page 186)
Synonyms & antonyms
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