dismay
Sinking gut feeling
Dismay is a feeling of distress or discouragement when facing something unexpected or daunting.
It suggests being thrown off balance: To her dismay, the files had been deleted.
The verb means to cause this feeling: The test results dismayed the doctors.
Dismay implies a sudden loss of confidence or hope rather than simple disappointment.
Anxious amazement causing paralysis
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- perturbationState of being unsettled
- agitationDisturbed, restless state
- disquietMental unrest or agitation
unnerved · rattled · shaken · troubled · disturbed · unsettled · flustered · disconcerted
Struck with horror
- appalledShocked by wrongness
- horrifiedIntensely shocked, disgusted
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- dumbfoundedRendered speechless by surprise
flabbergasted · thunderstruck · stupefied · gobsmacked · astonished · staggered · speechless · incredulous
Fearful uncertainty
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- misgivingUneasy feeling of doubt
- impending doomUnavoidable calamity approaching
Failure to satisfy expectations
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
- disheartenedLost confidence or hope
- disenchantedLost one's illusions
- disillusionedFreed from false beliefs
dissatisfied · chagrined · downcast · deflated · displeased · discouraged · dispirited · dejected
consternation
Anxious amazement causing paralysis
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- perturbationState of being unsettled
- agitationDisturbed, restless state
disquiet · unnerved · rattled · shaken · troubled · disturbed · unsettled · flustered · disconcerted · taken aback
aghast
Struck with horror
dumbfounded · flabbergasted · thunderstruck · stupefied · gobsmacked · astonished · staggered · speechless · incredulous · reeling
trepidation
Fearful uncertainty
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- misgivingUneasy feeling of doubt
letdown
Failure to satisfy expectations
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
- disheartenedLost confidence or hope
- disenchantedLost one's illusions
disillusioned · dissatisfied · chagrined · downcast · deflated · displeased · discouraged · dispirited · dejected · dashed hopes
- emotionsjoy, anger, fear, sadness, love
- bad feelingssadness, anger, fear, grief, sorrow
- agitationagitation, anxiety, worry, nervousness, unease
- DIS- wordsdisagree, disallow, disbelieve, disapprove, disarray
- discontentdissatisfaction, displeasure, discontentment, unhappiness, frustration
- letdownsletdown, disappointment, anticlimax, dud, flop
- the dismal scienceNickname for economics
- dismal scienceNickname for economics
dismal, dismayed, dismaying, dismays, undismayed, dismayingly