Emotions
Synonyms for dismay
The synonym for dismay recorded in this bank is disappointment, in the sense "a feeling of concern and disappointment at something unexpected". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for dismay
- disappointmentnoun, in the sense "a feeling of concern and disappointment at something unexpected"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and dismay carries one sense so far.
a feeling of concern and disappointment at something unexpected
To her dismay, the store had already sold out of the concert tickets.
The true synonym
disappointment
Same sentence, swapped: To her disappointment, the store had already sold out of the concert tickets.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- curiosity
- relief
- pride
Where dismay turns up in the game
dismay is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where dismay is the trap
- disarraynoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is disorder, in the sense "a state of disorder or untidiness", and dismay is one of the three tiles that lose.
- frissonnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is chill, in the sense "an almost pleasurable sensation of fright", with dismay sitting one tile away.
Play dismay
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so dismay reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because emotions is the company dismay keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. dismay carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.