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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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revolt
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French révolter, from Italian rivoltare, itself either from ri- with the verb voltare, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *revolt?re < *revolvit?re, for *revol?t?re, frequentative of Latin revolv? (“roll back”) (through its past participle revol?tus).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???vo?lt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???v??lt/
- (UK) IPA(key): /???v?lt/
- Rhymes: -??lt
- Hyphenation: re?volt
Verb
revolt (third-person singular simple present revolts, present participle revolting, simple past and past participle revolted)
- To rebel, particularly against authority.
- To repel greatly.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
- This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds.
- 1870, John Morley, Condorcet (published in the Fortnightly Review
- To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creature revolted his conscience and offended his reason.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
- To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
- (intransitive) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.
- To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
- 1886, John Morley, The Life of Turgot
- His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time.
- 1886, John Morley, The Life of Turgot
Translations
Noun
revolt (countable and uncountable, plural revolts)
- An act of revolt.
- Synonyms: insurrection, rebellion
Translations
Related terms
- revolting
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from French révolte.
Noun
rèvolt m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- revolt
Declension
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