as in disconcerting
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as in discouraging
to lessen the courage or confidence of
the imposing climb up the mountain dismayed us even before we got started
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as in alarming
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
parents who became increasingly dismayed by their son's foundering marriage
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
This impersonality is all the more dismaying because the dramatic crux of the film is exceptionally effective.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2024
That was tested on the first day of field trials, when a bad capacitor—easily fixed—in one home’s HVAC triggered a surge of current that shut the entire system down with a loud and dismaying relay clunk.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2019
Indeed, the legendary King’s audible and visible decline in the final years of his touring career was a dismaying experience that tarnished his stellar reputation.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
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Adjective
Seeing such a disarming man with infamous smarm and charm lie and twist under questioning was dazzling and dismaying, even before the final hot mic moment.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
This impersonality is all the more dismaying because the dramatic crux of the film is exceptionally effective.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2024
That was tested on the first day of field trials, when a bad capacitor—easily fixed—in one home’s HVAC triggered a surge of current that shut the entire system down with a loud and dismaying relay clunk.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2019
Indeed, the legendary King’s audible and visible decline in the final years of his touring career was a dismaying experience that tarnished his stellar reputation.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
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Lack of access can be discouraging to new collectors.Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, for instance, is discouraging hiking and backcountry travel for the time being, while Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests are temporarily closed.Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
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Blowing late-game leads had become a troubling trend for the Clippers this season, which pushed their first five games down to the wire.Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
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Rising Arrests Amidst Tensions Woodland's situation is emblematic of a troubling trend: the increasing arrest of American citizens in Russia while relations between Moscow and Washington reach post-Cold War lows.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The hilarity of people worrying about toy safety/propriety is timeless.Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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Of course, the relationship could be less about the oil price itself and more about investors worrying over the burgeoning conflict between Iran and Israel.Jesse Pound, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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The idea of vigorous exercise can be daunting to people who are out of condition, Manmadhan said.Linda Carroll, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Finding the right type of professional support for one’s mental health can be daunting, so Psych Hub exists to make the work more accessible by simplifying it.Steven Aquino, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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This also avoids a brightness instability problem that can afflict the TV’s Standard mode, where the image suffers distracting brightness ‘jumps’ or ‘drops’ when an HDR image cuts abruptly between bright and dark shots.John Archer, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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The boy’s life is organized around distracting himself, especially since his mother (Jodie Whittaker) works long days and nights as a nurse.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Oct. 2024
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Is the trend of sales taking a route that is bothering you?Hitendra Patil, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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In many cases, states have stopped bothering to make legal justifications at all, the Human Rights Committee report warned.Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024
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The issue is complicated by the fact that those on X likely see Musk's posts with almost disturbing regularity.Peter Suciu, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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And in one particularly disturbing scene, Oliver gets intoxicated, begins repeatedly hitting himself in the face and rushes toward the balcony sobbing.August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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The great director Hiro Murai collaborated with Glover on one of the most unsettling half-hours of TV in the 2010s, an experience that unfolded without commercial breaks.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
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The only person who sees what’s disturbing about her is her daughter, Eva, and very soon all will see what is unsettling about her, too.Joe Otterson, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Dismaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismaying. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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