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dismaying

/dɪsmˈeɪɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables
dis-may-ing
IPA
/dɪsmˈeɪɪŋ/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of dismay

adj

Disheartening; daunting.

noun

A state of dismay.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

more dismaying (comparative) most dismaying (superlative) dismayings (plural)

Derived Forms

dismayingly undismaying

Synonyms

appalling

Rhymes With

saying playing paying non-paying staying laying praying weighing displaying spraying delaying surveying

Questions

How do you pronounce dismaying?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsmˈeɪɪŋ/.
What does dismaying mean?
present participle and gerund of dismay

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