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dismayings

dismayings is the plural of dismaying.

Meaning of dismaying

Noun

dismaying (plural dismayings)

  1. (archaic) A state of dismay.
    • My dismayings utterly consume me: / They encompass me like water: / They press wholly upon me every day.quoted in 1842, John Mason Good, John Mason Neale, An Historical Outline of the Book of Psalms (page 186)

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Questions about dismayings

What is dismayings the plural of?
Dismayings is the plural of dismaying.

Words near dismayings in the dictionary

  1. dismayers
  2. dismayful
  3. dismayfully
  4. dismaying
  5. dismayingly
  6. dismayings
  7. dismays
  8. disme
  9. dismember
  10. dismembered
  11. dismemberer

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