dismay
noun
1. the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
Similar word(s): discouragement, disheartenment
Definition categories: feeling, despair
2. fear resulting from the awareness of danger
Similar word(s): alarm, consternation
Definition categories: feeling, fear, fearfulness, fright
verb
1. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
Similar word(s): deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dispirit
Definition categories: emotion, discourage
2. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
Similar word(s): alarm, appal, appall, horrify
Definition categories: emotion, affright, fright, frighten, scare