dismay

Universal Words noun, verb noun [U] a worried, sad feeling after you have received an unpleasant surprise: She could not hide her dismay at the result. * He looked at her in dismay. * To her dismay, her name was not on the list. * The news has been greeted with dismay by local business leaders. verb [VN] to make sb feel shocked and disappointed: Their reaction dismayed him. dismayed adjective ~ (at / by sth)