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dismay
English
Etymology
From Middle English dismayen, from Anglo-Norman *desmaiier, alteration of Old French esmaier (“to frighten”), probably from Vulgar Latin *exmagare (“to deprive (someone) of strength, to disable”), from ex- + *magare (“to enable, empower”), from Proto-Germanic *magin?, *magan? (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *meg?- (“to be able”). Akin to Old High German magan, megin (“power, might, main”), Old English mæ?en (“might, main”), Old High German magan, mugan (“to be powerful, able”), Old English magan (“to be able”). Cognate with Portuguese desmaiar (“to faint”). See also Portuguese esmagar, Spanish amagar. More at main, may.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s?me?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Verb
dismay (third-person singular simple present dismays, present participle dismaying, simple past and past participle dismayed)
- To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy
- Synonyms: daunt, appall, terrify
- 1611, King James Version, Josh. i. 9
- Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.
- What words be these? What fears do you dismay?
- To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
- To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
- 1592, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, III. iii. 1:
- Dismay not, princes, at this accident,
- 1592, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, III. iii. 1:
Translations
Noun
dismay (uncountable)
- A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits
- Synonym: consternation
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I Scene 3
- Come on: in this there can be no dismay;
- My ships come home a month before the day.
- Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
Translations
Anagrams
- yidams
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antipathy
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????????? (antipátheia), noun of state from ????????? (antipath?s, “opposed in feeling”), from ???? (antí, “against”) + root of ????? (páthos, “feeling”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æn?t?p??i/
- Hyphenation: an?tip?athy
Noun
antipathy (countable and uncountable, plural antipathies)
- A feeling of dislike (normally towards someone, less often towards something); repugnance or distaste.
- 4 November 2016, Spencer Ackerman writing in The Guardian, 'The FBI is Trumpland': anti-Clinton atmosphere spurred leaking, sources say
- Deep antipathy to Hillary Clinton exists within the FBI, multiple bureau sources have told the Guardian, spurring a rapid series of leaks damaging to her campaign just days before the election.
- June 1917, The National Geographic Magazine Volume 31, No. 6, Our State Flowers/The Sagebrush
- The sagebrush belongs to the composite family, and its immediate cousins are widely distributed. They are known as the artemisias, and there are a host of them, many with important uses in the economy of civilization. Artemisia absinthium is popularly known as wormwood; from it comes the bitter, aromatic liquor known as eau or crême d'absinthe. Many of its cousins grow in Asia and Europe, including the mugwort, used by the Germans as a seasoning in cookery; southernwood, used by the British to drive away moths from linen and woolens and to force newly swarmed bees, which have a peculiar antipathy for it, into the hive
- 4 November 2016, Spencer Ackerman writing in The Guardian, 'The FBI is Trumpland': anti-Clinton atmosphere spurred leaking, sources say
- Natural contrariety or incompatibility
Usage notes
- Prepositions: "antipathy" is followed by "to", "against", or "between"; also sometimes by "for".
Synonyms
- (dislike): : hatred, aversion, dislike, disgust, distaste, enmity, ill will, repugnance, contrariety, opposition
Antonyms
- sympathy
Related terms
- antipathetic
- antipathetical
- antipathize
Translations
Further reading
- antipathy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- antipathy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- antipathy at OneLook Dictionary Search
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