Do not dismay yourself for this.
Spenser.
Syn. -- To terrify; fright; affright; frighten; appall; daunt; dishearthen; dispirit; discourage; deject; depress. -- To Dismay, Daunt, Appall. Dismay denotes a state of deep and gloomy apprehension. To daunt supposes something more sudden and startling. To appall is the strongest term, implying a sense of terror which overwhelms the faculties.
So flies a herd of beeves, that hear, dismayed,
The lions roaring through the midnight shade.
Pope.
Jove got such heroes as my sire, whose soul
No fear could daunt, nor earth nor hell control.
Pope.
Now the last ruin the whole host appalls;
Now Greece has trembled in her wooden walls.
Pope.
Dis*may", v. i. To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay. [Obs.] Shak.
Dis*may", n. [Cf. OF. esmai, F. émoi. See Dismay, v. t.] 1. Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.