† dismaymentn.
Obsolete.
= dismay n., dismaying.
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the mind > emotion > fear > dismay > [noun]
dismaying13..
discomfortc1405
discourage1434
discouraging1436
discomforting1437
qualm?1531
faintingc1540
quailing1542
discouragement1548
dismayedness1571
dismay1590
disencouragement1598
dismayment1600
exanimation1604
disheartenednessa1680
astonishing1820
disheartenment1876
1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile f. 66v He..bad him be of good courage, and shake off that dismaiment.
a1640 W. Fenner Sacrifice of Faithful (1648) 39 A base dismayment of spirit below or beneath the strength that is in a man.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 45 Naaman heere had his dismaiments.
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