What is "dismays"

Usage examples of "dismays".

What dismays me even more is that I have been unable to learn why these talks have taken this unfortunate turn.

I have spoken of Esmer, who professes to be the son of Cail and the Dancers of the Sea, and whose dark puissance concerns and dismays even the ur-viles, despite their ancient loathing for the Land.

As it is, I behold in myself an abyss, I gaze down and listen, and discover neither light nor harmony, but thunderings and lightnings, and voices and laughter, and a medley that dismays me.

One of the things about technology which dismays him the most, as a matter of fact, are the uses to which it is put.

Unquestionably, there is a certain shallowness to her, and this is something which dismays me.