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Dismays
- noun - fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
- the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
Dispand
- - To spread out; to expand.
Dispark
- - To throw (a park or inclosure); to treat (a private park) as a common.
Dispart
- - To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers.
Disrate
- - To reduce to a lower rating or rank; to degrade.
Distaff
- adjective - characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage"
- the sphere of work by women
- the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
Distain
- - To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry.