Dismayful
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Dismayful is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Terrifying.
Meaning
(obsolete) Terrifying.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Dismaying; disheartening.
- (obsolete) Dismayed; full of disappointment or low spirits.
Example Sentences
No announcement could have been more dismayful; but this time Matilda said nothing.
And much dismay'd with that dismayful Sight, That back she would have turn'd for great Affright
O let despair Haunt unbless'd souls; let its dismayful looks Affright not thee, thou source of clearest hope, Which in one stream thro' earthly dullness flows Into this glad receptacle, the heart.
But that is a dismayful expectation to entertain concerning the 'I,' the 'ego' —the ens unum et semper cognitum in omnibus notitiis— of which they thus protest we have more or less clear consciousness in every exercise of intelligence.
Synonyms for dismayful
Depending on context, synonyms include affreux, alarming, spine-tingling, appalling, eldritch, buggish.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dismayd, affrightful, doubtful, effrayable, dreadful, affrighted.
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