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Adjective dismaying has 1 sense

• dismaying(s = adj.all) appalling - causing consternation; "appalling conditions"

THESAURUS

dismaying

affecting, afflictive, alarming, awing, baffling, bewildering, bitter, bleak, bothering, cheerless, chilling, comfortless, confounding, confusing, daunting, deplorable, depressing, depressive, deterrent, deterring, discomforting, discomposing, disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, disquieting, distracting, distressful, distressing, disturbing, dolorific, dolorogenic, dolorous, dreary, embarrassing, enigmatic, fear-inspiring, fearful, fearsome, frightening, frightful, grievous, intricate, joyless, lamentable, mournful, moving, mysterious, mystifying, overawing, painful, pathetic, perplexing, perturbing, piteous, pitiable, poignant, problematic, puzzling, regrettable, rueful, sad, saddening, scaring, scary, sharp, sore, sorrowful, startling, touching, uncomfortable, upsetting, woebegone, woeful, wretched

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