dismayingly
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7.5
- adverb
- /dɪsˈmeɪɪŋli/
:
de manera alarmante
- Fourth, the author has taken a dismayingly simplistic approach to assessing Los Angeles County costs.
- dismayingly little
Examples
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Move beyond the more technical aspects of military craft, and the ranks are dismayingly thin.
Academic text (2000) -
Comparatively, we have accomplished dismayingly little with the other seven standards.
Academic text (2004) -
Considering the multiple decades of my theatergoing, dismayingly few have been memorable.
Fiction book (2001) -
The unfortunate truth, glossed over by Lemann, is that the "best" national programs have produced dismayingly little improvement in the lives of disadvantaged youth.
Academic text (1991) -
Matthews, following a dismayingly common trend in the blogosphere (and in the print commentariat in the epoch before that), does not report that controversy.
Blog text (15) -
The number of errors in the report was dismayingly high, surprising everyone.
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She looked dismayingly at the mess in the kitchen after the party.
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The teacher was dismayingly disappointed by the low test scores on the final exam.
Synonyms
126
3.5
In a very bad or shocking way
51
2.2
In a way that shows great unhappiness or pain
38
4.8
In a way that surprises or upsets people a lot
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4.4
Shows that something is very bad, unpleasant, or extreme
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6.8
Makes people feel shocked or disgusted
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3.8
In a way that is worse than people expected
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6.5
In a way that makes people feel worried or unhappy
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5.1
In a way that makes people feel very sad
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7.5
In a way that makes people feel uneasy or confused
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5.0
In a way that makes people worried or upset
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6.1
In a way that shows no hope
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2.8
In a way that shows you feel sad because you did not get what you wanted
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5.1
In a way that makes someone feel sad or worried
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7.4
In a way that makes you feel disappointed and lose hope
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7.7
In a way that makes people lose hope or confidence
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7.4
In a sad way that shows no hope
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8.8
In a way that causes great fear or pain
In a way that shows worry or great sadness
In a way that makes people feel nervous or unsure
Antonyms
How Dismaying
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word dismayingly comes from dismay, which originally meant 'to take away courage' and comes from old French words for being shocked or frightened. So when something happens dismayingly, it happens in a way that makes people feel shocked, disappointed, or discouraged.