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Definition of dismay : 1. Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
2. Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
3. To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.
4. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
5. To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.

Synonyms:

light, press down, affright, despair, debase, deprave, dispirit, despondency, commence, disquiet, letdown, write down, corrupt, get, apprehension, profane, begin, scandalise, demoralize, vitiate, start, upset, frustration, misgiving, timidity, dismount, cast down, appal, strain, debauch, hang over, devastate, worry, wound, discouragement, warning device, fright, consternate, dissatisfaction, warning signal, set about, pressure, depress, tension, solicitude, demoralization, stab, misdirect, alarum, appall, pervert, outrage, scandalize, get off, set down, lower, start out, disturb, put down, shake, alarm clock, offend, disquietude, get down, distress, take down, stress, terror, swallow, alarm system, demoralise, horrify, fear, disheartenment, let down, dispiritedness, concern, unhorse, subvert, dread, set out, bring down

alert, confusion, startle, panic, signal, scare, alarm, shock, frighten, anxiety, surprise

humiliation, consternation, mortification, shame, vexation, chagrin

deject, deter, daunt, dampen, dishearten, dissuade, disincline

Usage examples:

• " I look forward to holidays with dismay. - "A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version"", François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh.
• The girls looked at each other with a sort of amused dismay. - "The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly", Margaret Burnham.
• Velo looked eagerly and gave a cry of dismay. - "Shelled by an Unseen Foe", James Fiske.