English Explanatory Dictionary

dismayful

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Terrifying
  2. Dismaying; disheartening.
  3. Dismayed; full of disappointment or low spirits.

Word forms

dismayful more dismayful most dismayful

Etymology

From dismay + -ful.

Synonyms

affreux alarming spine-tingling appalling awful eldritch buggish butt-clenching buttock-clenching dismayful dreadful fearful flaysome flesh-crawling formidable freaky frightening frightensome frightful ghastly ghostly grisly hair-curling hair-raising horrible horrid horrific horrifying horripilating pulse-pounding scaring scary shocking skin-crawling terrible terrifying terrorsome

Derived words

dismayfully
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