See Also: strunt(1)(dictionary)
strunt(2)(dictionary)
dismay(medicine)
dismay(1)(dictionary)
dismay(2)(dictionary)
dismay 1, noun(dictionary)
dismay 2, verb(dictionary)

dismay(1) (iou) and strunt(2) (iou)


dismay(1) (iou)



dismay noun. ME.
[from the verb.]
Loss of moral courage or resolution in the face of difficulty or danger; faintness of heart from terror or inability to cope with a situation; consternation, discouragement; keenly felt disappointment. ME.
G. B. Shaw My amusement at this soon changed to dismay. Tolkien 'Your news is all of woe!' cried eomer in dismay.
Dismaying influence or operation. rare (Spenser). Only in L16.
dismayful adjective appalling L16.
dismayfully adverb in dismay L16.

strunt(2) (iou)



strunt verb intrans. Scot. L18.
[Prob. var. of STRUT verb1. Cf. Norwegian strunta walk stiffly, be stiff in manner.]
Move with a self-important air.