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What does dismays mean?

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  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dismay
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It all makes for one of the things that most dismays me about public discourse, which is that no one stands up for principle over immediate gratification.
But I think the thing that really dismays me, beyond even the faulty reasoning or naive grasp of political realities, is how dull it all is.
But nonsense is now giving way to English, which dismays those who want Europe to remain a bastion of linguistic diversity.
But his near-irredentist stance dismays those who want to stabilise Moldova, not undermine it.
The Midwest, however, has largely kept the faith, which dismays observers like Thomas Frank.
This is the sort of book that sells, which I'm sure dismays some scholarly writers who have not quite gotten used to living in the real world yet.

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