Dismay
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A sudden or complete loss of courage in the face of trouble or danger
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive of firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet. To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay. Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation. Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
Example sentence: I still remember my dismay in the summer of 2007 when - for the first time in the history of planet Earth - America's share of auto production dropped below 50 percent.
Discouragement
Part of speech: noun
Definition: the act of discouraging or the state of being discouragedanything that discourages
Example sentence: Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever.
