Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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dismay | Yes | No | Yes | No |
alarm | Yes | No | Yes | No |
dismay (noun) | alarm (noun) |
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fear resulting from the awareness of danger | a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event |
the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles | a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time |
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger | |
fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
dismay (verb) | alarm (verb) |
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fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness |
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised |