Meaning
- (verb) To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy
- (verb) To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
- (verb) To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
Letter breakdown
- Dismaying contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 16.
Words from these letters
- smidgin
- admins
- aiding
- aiming
- dismay
- gamins
- saying
- siding
- simian
- admin
- agism
- daisy
- damns
- dings
- dingy
- dying
- gains
- gamin
- maids
- mains
- mangy
- minds
- minis
- mynas
- sandy
- sigma
- aids
- aims
- amid
- dais
- damn
- dams
- days
- digs
- dims
- ding
- dins
- gads
- gain
- gamy
- gays
- gins
- gyms
- mads
- maid
- main
- mans
- many
- mind
- mini
- myna
- nags
- nays
- said
- sand
- sang
- sign
- sing
- snag
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with DIS
- dis
- disabilities
- disability
- disable
- disabled
- disablement
- disables
- disabling
- disabuse
- disabused
- disabuses
- disabusing
- disadvantage
- disadvantaged
- disadvantageous
- disadvantages
- disadvantaging
- disaffect
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Words ending with ING
Reader questions
What does Dismaying mean?
To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy
How many letters are in Dismaying?
Dismaying has 9 letters.
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