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What is another word for dismaying?

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Adjective

Causing concern and distress

Frighteningly repellent or disturbing

Failing to fulfill someone's hopes or expectations

Causing surprising negative emotions

Present participle for to fill with distress or alarm

Present participle for to make (someone) feel annoyed or upset

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Adjective

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Causing concern and distress

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

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Adjective

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Frighteningly repellent or disturbing

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

fetid^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

foetid^UK

gruelling^UK

too horrible for words

unfavorable^US

grueling^US

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Adjective

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Failing to fulfill someone's hopes or expectations

unfavorable^US

agonising^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

agonizing^US

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Adjective

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Causing surprising negative emotions

Verb

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Present participle for to fill with distress or alarm

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

filling with consternation

messing up

throwing into a tizzy

throwing cold water on

hurting

harrowing

jolting

pouring cold water on

scandalizing^US

sapping

putting someone off their stroke

knocking the stuffing out of

taking the wind out of your sails

making one's hair stand on end

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

setting someone back on their heels

making despondent

giving someone the blues

making sad

making someone scratch their head

stopping someone in their tracks

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

scaring the pants off

scaring the bejesus out of

lying heavy on

giving someone goose pimples

scaring someone out of their wits

scaring the living daylights out of

putting the fear of God into

taking by surprise

electrifying

giving a hard time

throwing into a blue funk

hurting somebody's feelings

dampening spirits

making unhappy

causing to be at a stand

making miserable

making one's blood run cold

making someone's hair stand on end

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

dampening the spirits of

shattering

antagonizing^US

scaring away

making someone fed up

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

putting out of countenance

pulling the rug from under

benumbing

putting someone off their stride

pulling the rug out from under

taking your breath away

making someone jump out of their skin

making someone shake in their shoes

throwing into a panic

sending into a cold sweat

scaring the life out of

scaring the hell out of

frightening the living daylights out of

frightening the life out of

frightening someone out of their wits

making one's flesh creep

giving one the creeps

bringing tears to your eyes

breaking the heart of

scaring the daylights out of

inconveniencing

causing someone to lose their composure

fearing

blinding someone with something

messing with one's head

hitting like ton of bricks

raising someone's eyebrows

completely surprising

shaking out of your complacency

balking^US

baulking^UK

frightening out of your wits

scaring the pants off of

knocking the wind out of

harshing one's mellow

shattering the illusions of

giving someone the hump

upsetting the applecart

giving someone a fright

sending over the edge

doing a number on

making it tough for

mixing up

setting someone thinking

tyrannizing^US

harshing someone's mellow

hanging over

making desolate

bearing down

breaking someone's heart

tyrannising^UK

causing to lose heart

mau-mauing

rubbing up the wrong way

putting your back up

rankling with

giving offence

putting someone's nose out of joint

causing offense

treading on someone's toes

getting your goat

leaning on

chilling to the marrow

pushing around

freezing your blood

shooting down

letting wind out of sails

knocking down

cutting down to size

puncturing balloon

taking down a peg or two

throwing into a fright

scaring someone half to death

making self-conscious

knocking over with feather

knocking over

making your head spin

wrong-footing

causing concern to

catching out

causing discomfort to

galvanizing^US

galvanising^UK

giving someone a jolt

raveling^US

ravelling^UK

stumbling

getting on one's nerves

dishonoring^US

putting someone in their place

taking down a peg

giving a black eye

making someone feel ashamed

making someone eat crow

catching on the hop

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“Miss Bennet, you dismay me with your doubts!”

Verb

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Present participle for to make (someone) feel annoyed or upset

filling with loathing

disquieting

agitating

estranging

losing the affection of

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

hurting somebody's feelings

making unhappy

giving offence to

pushing the buttons of

thumbing nose at

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