transitive. To dismay. Also intransitive: to be dismayed.

intransitive. To be daunted or dismayed; to quail, lose confidence; to be confounded.

intransitive. To become utterly discouraged or faint-hearted. Obsolete.

figurative. To be in dismay, tremble with fear, lose heart. dread. Obsolete.

To droop; figurative to lose courage, grow faint. (See also quot. 1825 at sense 1.)

intransitive. To lose courage or confidence; to become disheartened. North American in later use.

intransitive. Of a person: to lose heart, be discouraged; to give way through fear, awe, etc. (at, †to, before, away from a formidable person or…

intransitive. To be disconcerted; to blench; to shrink back. Obsolete.

intransitive. To lose heart or resolution; to become depressed or dejected in mind by loss of confidence or hope. (Distinguished from despair as not…