Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undismayed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: undis-mayed
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not dismayed; calm and undaunted.

Example Sentences

"But was not that the cobweb which she had wrecked? Had she without knowing turned back, or was it another web? Calmly, and again undismayed, the spider was industriously respinning in repair."
"Undismayed he continued to flail with the broken half of it, denting many a helmet[.]"
"So the noble prince proceeded undismayed up fells and screes, along narrow footpaths and ways where they were forced into single file, ledges on cliffs above lairs of water-monsters."

Etymology

From un- + dismayed.

Inflected Forms

more undismayed (comparative) most undismayed (superlative)

Derived Forms

undismayedly

Synonyms

undaunted unshaken

Questions

What does undismayed mean?: Not dismayed; calm and undaunted.
Where does undismayed come from?: From un- + dismayed.

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