Dismay vs. Despair — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dismay and Despair
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Dismay
To cause to lose enthusiasm or resolution; disillusion or discourage
"young executives dismayed by the corporate ladder" (Peter Grose).
Despair
To lose all hope
Despaired of reaching shore safely.
Dismay
To upset or distress
"Parents may be dismayed by the mess from sand or paint spread around by the pair or group at play" (Elizabeth Noble).
Despair
To be overcome by a sense of futility or defeat.
Dismay
A sudden or complete loss of courage in the face of trouble or danger.
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Despair
Complete loss of hope.
Dismay
To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy
Despair
One despaired of or causing despair
Unmotivated students that are the despair of their teachers.
Dismay
To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
Despair
To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
Dismay
To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
Despair
(transitive) To cause to despair.
Dismay
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
He looked in dismay at the destruction of the town caused by the hurricane.
Despair
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
Dismay
Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
Despair
Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive
Dismay
To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.
Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.
What words be these? What fears do you dismay?
Despair
That which causes despair.
Dismay
To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
Do not dismay yourself for this.
So flies a herd of beeves, that hear, dismayed,The lions roaring through the midnight shade.
Jove got such heroes as my sire, whose soulNo fear could daunt, nor earth nor hell control.
Now the last ruin the whole host appalls;Now Greece has trembled in her wooden walls.
Despair
That which is despaired of. en
Dismay
To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
Despair
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; - often with of.
We despaired even of life.
Never despair of God's blessings here.
Dismay
Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
I . . . can not think of such a battle without dismay.
Thou with a tiger spring dost leap upon thy prey,And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild dismay.
Despair
To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted.
Dismay
Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
Despair
To cause to despair.
Dismay
The feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
Despair
Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro,Pine with regret, or sicken with despair.
Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair.
Dismay
Fear resulting from the awareness of danger
Despair
That which is despaired of.
Dismay
Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted;
These news depressed her
The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
Despair
A state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly;
They were rescued from despair at the last minute
Dismay
Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised;
I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
The news of the executions horrified us
Despair
The feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
Despair
Abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart;
Don't despair--help is on the way!
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