Hyphenation of dismay

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word dismay? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of dismay:

1.	The feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
2.	Fear resulting from the awareness of danger
3.	Lower someone's spirits Make downhearted These news depressed her The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
4.	Fill with apprehension or alarm Cause to be unpleasantly surprised I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview The news of the executions horrified us

Synonyms of dismay:

noun	discouragement, disheartenment, despair
noun	alarm, consternation, fear, fearfulness, fright
verb	depress, deject, cast down, get down, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise, discourage
verb	alarm, appal, appall, horrify, frighten, fright, scare, affright

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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