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What is the adjective for dismaying?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb dismay which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

dismal
  1. Disappointingly inadequate.
  2. Gloomy and bleak.
  3. Depressing.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. bleak, miserable, dark, dreary, depressing, desolate, dull, gloomy, sombre, cheerless, comfortless, funereal, solemn, somber, forlorn, unhappy, woeful, joyless, morose, dejected, depressive, doleful, glum, sorrowful, sullen, woebegone, wretched, abject, cold, depressed, despondent, dire, disconsolate, disheartening, dispiriting, dolorous, drear, godforsaken, gray, melancholy, morbid, mournful, sad, black, chill, crestfallen, darkening, grey, lugubrious, murky … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “I laughed despite my dismal mood and felt better than I had all night.”
      “This must be ever remembered as a melancholy day, for it brought me the dismal news of my great and good friend, Dr. Samuel Johnson.”
      “Whoever is in the kitchen is a dismal chef who doesn't taste, love or care about food.”
dismayd
  1. Obsolete form of dismayed.
dismayed
  1. Having the emotion of dismay.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. depressed, discouraged, disheartened, downcast, demoralised, demoralized, distressed, intimidated, perturbed, fed up, dispirited, cowed, unnerved, frightened, alarmed, scared, terrified, shaken, afraid, nervous, apprehensive, deterred, browbeaten, unsettled, overawed, overwhelmed, daunted, disillusioned … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I am also dismayed that this investigation has taken this long without a result.”
dismayful
  1. (obsolete) terrifying
dismaler
  1. comparative form of dismal: more dismal
dismalest
  1. superlative form of dismal: most dismal
  2. Examples:
      3. “I think I could have recognised in the dismalest skeleton there, the ghost of a soldier.”
dismaller
  1. comparative form of dismal: more dismal
dismallest
  1. superlative form of dismal: most dismal
dismaying
  1. present participle of dismay
  2. Synonyms:
      3. upsetting, disturbing, perturbing, distressing, worrying, bothering, alarming, agitating, unsettling, discomposing, disquieting, disconcerting, unnerving, troubling, disheartening, daunting, discouraging, concerning, dispiriting, rattling, depressing, discomforting, flustering, flurrying, distracting, ailing, fazing, fussing, unhinging, distempering, frightening, demoralising, demoralizing, scaring, shaking, alaruming, saddening, vexing, frazzling, shocking, confounding, startling, discomfiting, perplexing, throwing, undoing, bewildering, exercising, horrifying, hagriding … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The dismaying news of the rise in crime rates in our neighborhood has left us all feeling anxious and afraid.”
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