dismayed
Definitions
Verb
- Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
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| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stayed | 1 | 75 |
| 2 | displayed | 2 | 21 |
| 3 | disabled | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | swayed | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | dismal | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | dismay | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | disarmed | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | dialed | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | dismally | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | sayed | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | diseased | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | dished | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | dismays | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | dismantled | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | spayed | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | mayeda | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | ismael | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | distad | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | dimmed | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | dimare | 3 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 2
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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