dismaying

1. 1.

   causing consternation

   “appalling conditions”

   Synonymsappalling

   Similaralarming

Questions about dismaying

What does dismaying mean?

dismaying means "causing consternation".

How many syllables are in dismaying?

dismaying has 3 syllables: di-sma-ying. The stress falls on "sma". In IPA it is /dɪˈsmeɪɪŋ/.

What is another word for dismaying?

Close synonyms include appalling. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dismaying a common word?

dismaying is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.