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were dismayed
verb
To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive of firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.
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Good citizens were dismayed and disgusted.
Proponents of electric cars were dismayed.
Many Iraqis were dismayed or angered by his comments.
Steele and Simpson were dismayed, Simpson later testified.
Environmentalists were dismayed, and the workers were elated.
Old friends were dismayed by her increasingly erratic militance.
Some of his team-mates were dismayed and publicly angry.
Georgi's classmates were dismayed that Sweden intended to deport him.
Many Labor supporters were dismayed at the asylum policy compromise.
"We were dismayed," says Allan, "when Jessica's favourite book was the Mothercare catalogue.
Both congressional leaders and company representatives said they were dismayed after hearing the calls.
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