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Soheil1 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Dismay

Hi.
What's the difference between 'dismay' and 'shock' in:

She was very dismayed to learn/discover that he was so ill.

I was dismayed by/at his indifference.


or in

His comments were met with cries of dismay.

They watched in dismay as the house burned.

Much to the dismay of her fans, she announced her retirement immediately after the book's release.


?Thanks in advance
  

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soheil1 difference between 'dismay' and 'shock' That's in any dictionary. dismay ~ a strong feeling of being worried, disappointed, or upset shock ~ a sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance CJ

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  • soheil1 difference between 'dismay' and 'shock' That's in any dictionary.
  • dismay ~ a strong feeling of being worried, disappointed, or upset shock ~ a sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance CJ
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soheil1difference between 'dismay' and 'shock'
That's in any dictionary.

dismay ~ a strong feeling of being worried, disappointed, or upset
shock ~ a sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance

CJ
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What does being worried has to do with disappointment or being upset?
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soheil1What does being worried has to do with disappointment or being upset?
As the definition says, they are different ways of being dismayed.

If something happens that makes you worried, you can say that you are dismayed.
If something happens that makes you disappointed, you can say that you are dismayed.
If something happens that makes you
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worried or disappointed or upset.
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So what does dismay mean in

The ceremonial of death which ties the survivors to the body and rivets them to the place of death, the beliefs in the existence of the spirit, in its beneficent influences or malevolent intention, in the duties of a series of commemorative or sacrificial ceremonies – in all this religion counteracts the centrifugal forces of fear, dismay, demoral
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soheil1?It has to be one specific feeling.
Why?

It seems to me that the writer could well be describing a strong feeling that is a combination of being worried, disappointed, and upset - in short, a feeling of dismay. I don't know whether you have a single word for this in Farsi/Persian.
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