Dismay is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 118 anagrams from letters in dismay (adimsy).
1275-1325; Middle English desmay (noun), de(s)mayen, dismayen (v.) Old French esmaier to trouble, frighten Vulgar Latin *exmagāre to disable, deprive of strength, equivalent to ex- Examples for dismay
The humility of Joseph to accept this news when most would have responded with incredulity and dismay. The angsty, hazy mind of a teenager is a source of constant befuddlement and dismay for full-grown observers. Sidney examined with some dismay the elaborate negligee garments in her hand. They are barren, till the imagination has tenanted them with possibilities of danger and dismay. What can we do except to throw up our hands in dismay at the baffling nature of life? The other canon shook his head in dismay at such arrant folly. And then there's a boy of about 16 (who, to my dismay, has no involvement in the show) wearing a hat made of aluminum foil. He took chances and got away with them, laughing at the girl's gasps of dismay. Harriett had a little shock of dismay and resentment, hating change. Most expressed discomfort or dismay over the whole spectacle.
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