Synonyms for Dismaying

Synonyms for "dismaying" (89 found)

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Closest matches (18)

affecting afflictive alarming awing baffling bewildering bitter bleak bothering cheerless chilling comfortless confounding confusing daunting

Adjective(2 words)

alarming appalling

Noun(1 words)

chagrining

Strong matches (27)

Related words (44)

fear inspiringfear-inspiring fearful fearsome frightening frightful grievous harrowing intricate joyless lamentable mournful moving mysterious mystifying overawing painful pathetic perplexing perturbing

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piteous pitiable poignant problematic problematical puzzling regrettable rueful sad saddening scaring scary sharp sore sorrowful startling touching uncomfortable upsetting woebegone woeful wretched

Adjective(2 words)

frightening troubling

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

4 entries

descriptive termemotional impactemotional responsepsychological effect

More specific

8 entries

alarming depressingdismaying datadismaying forecastdismaying statisticsdismaying turnoutdispiriting distressing

Collocations

10 entries

dismaying datadismaying evidencedismaying forecastdismaying headlinesdismaying implicationsdismaying resultdismaying resultsdismaying statisticsdismaying trenddismaying turnout

Inflections

4 entries

dismayed dismaysmore dismayingmost dismaying

Derivations

4 entries

dismay dismayed dismayful dismayingly

similar

1 entries

alarming

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

My dismayings utterly consume me: / They encompass me like water: / They press wholly upon me every day.

Source: wiktionary

Dismaying