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Clee62 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
To her Dismay
Hi,
I am just wondering what dismay means in the context. I looked up the word from my dictionary but still not fully understand. Here is the sentence:" To her dismay, her name was not on the list."
Does the word dismay mean "unfortunantly?" or"Sadly?"
Thanks,
I am just wondering what dismay means in the context. I looked up the word from my dictionary but still not fully understand. Here is the sentence:" To her dismay, her name was not on the list."
Does the word dismay mean "unfortunantly?" or"Sadly?"
Thanks,
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DISMAY 1 : sudden loss of courage or resolution from alarm or fear 2 a : sudden disappointment clee62 To her dismay, her name was not on the list. = She was disappointed because her name was not on the list. CJ
- DISMAY 1 : sudden loss of courage or resolution from alarm or fear 2 a : sudden disappointment clee62 To her dismay, her name was not on the list.
- = She was disappointed because her name was not on the list.
- CJ
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DISMAY
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: sudden loss of courage or resolution from alarm or fear
2
a : sudden disappointment
She was disappointed because her name was not on the list.
CJ
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: sudden loss of courage or resolution from alarm or fear
2
a : sudden disappointment
clee62To her dismay, her name was not on the list.=
She was disappointed because her name was not on the list.
CJ
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