A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits
Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy
Intense dread, fright, or fear.
The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.
A night terror.
Terrorism.
Something or someone that causes such fear.