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undismaying

undismaying adjective: not causing dismay.

Adjective

undismaying (comparative more undismaying, superlative most undismaying)

  1. Not causing dismay.
    • Rule-circular justifications of basic logical laws — if indeed they are possible — would presumably be similarly undismaying for a logical relativist.2002, José ́Luis Bermúdez, Alan Millar, Reason and Nature: Essays in the Theory of Rationality, page 50

Forms of undismaying

comparativemore undismaying
superlativemost undismaying

Origin of undismaying

From un- + dismaying.

Questions about undismaying

What does undismaying mean?
Undismaying means not causing dismay.
What part of speech is undismaying?
Undismaying is an adjective.

Words near undismaying in the dictionary

  1. undismal
  2. undismantled
  3. undismayable
  4. undismayed
  5. undismayedly
  6. undismaying
  7. undismembered
  8. undismissable
  9. undismissed
  10. undismissible
  11. undismissive

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