dismayed
adjective, verb
dismayed is spelled D-I-S-M-A-Y-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, dismayed means “Having the emotion of dismay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dismayed?
| Letters | 8: D-I-S-M-A-Y-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,418th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dismayed?
Dismayed appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dismayed?
- US
Dismayed has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-dismayed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dismayed
- more dismayed comparative
- most dismayed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dismayed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having the emotion of dismay.
He was dismayed to find his car had gone.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of dismay
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dismayed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having the emotion of dismay:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | consterné |
| Spanish | compungido |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.