dismaying

Meanings

Plural: dismayings

Verb

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
• present participle and gerund of dismay

Adjective Satellite

• causing consternation

Adj

• Disheartening; daunting.

Noun

• A state of dismay.

Synonyms

alarm, appal, appall, appalling, cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down, horrify

Antonyms

elate

Anagrams of dismaying