English-Swedish translations for dismay

  • bestörtningKommissionär Flynn, ni talade om bestörtning inför stängningen av Renaultfabriken i Vilvoorde: jag talar om bestörtning inför ert uttalande.Commissioner Flynn, you spoke of dismay at the closure of Vilvoorde; I speak of dismay at your communication. Nu måste jag fråga med viss bestörtning: vad har hänt med Finland?Now, I have to ask with some dismay: what has happened to Finland? Sålunda betraktar jag detta betänkande i viss mån med bestörtning och oro.Thus I view this report with some degree of dismay and trepidation.

Definition of dismay

  • To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy
  • To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet
  • To take dismay or fright; to be filled with 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
  • Condition fitted to dismay; ruin

Examples

  • He looked in dismay at the destruction of the town caused by the hurricane

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