<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Thoroughly disheartened, as by sudden danger or trouble:<ul><li>When he was sick and in prison, and the non-cooperation movement ebbed, Gandhi was not dismayed or discouraged.</li></ul></li><li>Surprised and disillusioned or disappointed:<ul><li>Many were dismayed at the way the ad trivialized the Tibetan people's struggle for freedom and survival.</li></ul></li><li>Alarmed or perturbed:<ul><li>As a teacher in a K-8 school, I am extremely dismayed at the talk of more unstable funding for education.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>The simple past tense and past participle of dismay.</li></ul>