Dismay
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A sudden or complete loss of courage in the face of trouble or danger
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive of firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet. To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay. Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation. Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
Example sentence: Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with a will which nothing can dismay nor turn aside.
Appal
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To fill with horror; to dismay.