Past tense of dismay
regular verb
The past tense of dismay is dismayed. The past participle is also dismayed.
Forms of dismay
| Base form (V1) | dismay /dɪsˈmeɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | dismayed |
| Past participle (V3) | dismayed |
| Present participle | dismaying |
| Third person singular | dismays |
Dismayed in a sentence
- He was dismayed to find his car had gone.From the entry dismayed
- Nothing dismayed, I repeated my query.From the entry nothing
- Hsü Pao-ch'ien was dismayed by the bickering and lack of commitment of the Christian students working with rural reconstruction in Li-ch'uan.1976, Philip West, Yenching University and Sino-Western Relations, 1916-1952, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, →ISBN…. From the entry Li-ch'uan
- Yet we are dismayed by the failures and forces that dehumanize and defeat the finest dreams and plans of this generation.1968, Stewart L. Udall, 1976: Agenda for Tomorrow, page 3. From the entry dehumanize
- I could tell from his dismayed expression that he had come to the realization that Solomon should not have taken part in the inquest.2014, B. B. Oak, Thoreau on Wolf Hill, page 39. From the entry haired up
Meaning of dismay
- verb To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy.
- verb To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
- verb To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
Questions about the past tense of dismay
- What is the past tense of dismay?
- The past tense of dismay is dismayed.
- What is the past participle of dismay?
- The past participle of dismay is dismayed.
- Is dismay a regular or irregular verb?
- Dismay is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dismay (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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