To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or 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.