dismay

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy
2. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
3. To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.

Noun

1. A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits
2. Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.

Concepts

consternation

stupéfaction

stupéfier

abattement

consterner

stupeur

abasourdir

désespoir

effarement

heurter

désarroi

décourager

démoraliser

dissuader

abattre

rebuter

atterrer

effroi

frayeur

peur

terreur

épouvante

ahurir

effaroucher

effrayer

épouvanter

terrifier

affliger

mortifier

avoir peur

choquer

horrifier

redouter

accablement

alarme

prostration

sidération

déprimer

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪsˈmeɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English dismayen, from Anglo-Norman *desmaiier, alteration of Old French esmaier (“to frighten”), probably from Vulgar Latin *exmagare (“to deprive (someone) of strength, to disable”), from ex- + *magare (“to enable, empower”), from Proto-Germanic *maginą, *maganą (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”).
Akin to Old High German magan, megin (“power, might, main”), Old English mæġen (“might, main”), Old High German magan, mugan (“to be powerful, able”), Old English magan (“to be able”). Cognate with Portuguese desmaiar (“to faint”) and Spanish esmayar. See also Portuguese esmagar, Spanish amagar. More at main, may.