Word of the day: Dismay

Dismay: desânimo, desalento, desmaio, espanto, assombro, temor, pavor, tristeza angustiosa. vt assombrar, espantar, atemorizar, desanimar, consternar, descoroçoar

Synonyms: chill, daunt, demoralize, dishearten, discourage, dispirit, frustrate, unman, unnerve

“Her choice of career dismays her parents.”

“The imposing climb up the mountain dismayed us even before we got started.”    (www.merriamwebster.com)    

Minidicionário de expressões e phrasal verbs 

da Língua Inglesa

Para comprar versão ebook:  clique aqui

Para comprar versão impressa nos Estados Unidos:  clique aqui

Para comprar versão impressa no Brasil:  clique aqui

Word of the day: Daunt

Daunt: atemorizar, amedrontar, intimidar, assustar, descoroçoar, desanimar

Synonyms: chill, discourage, demoralize, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, frustrate, unman, unnerve

“ …the raging inferno didn't daunt the firefighters for a moment…”

(www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: DAUNT

Daunt: atemorizar, amedrontar, intimidar, assustar, descoroçoar, desanimar

Synonyms: chill, discourage, demoralize, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, frustrate, unman, unnerve

“The raging inferno didn't daunt the firefighters for a moment.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: DISMAY

Dismay: desânimo, desalento, desmaio, espanto, assombro, temor, pavor, tristeza angustiosa, assombrar, espantar, atemorizar, desanimar, consternar, descoroçoar

Synonyms: chill, daunt, demoralize, dishearten, discourage, dispirit, frustrate, unman, unnerve

“Her choice of career dismays her parents.”

“The imposing climb up the mountain dismayed us even before we got started.”  (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: Dismal

Dismal: escuro, sombrio, carregado, lúgubre, triste, sinistro, funesto,  abatido, desanimador

Synonyms: black, cheerless, chill, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire, gloomy, drear, dreary, forlorn, funereal, glum, gray (also grey), lugubrious, miserable, morbid, morose, murky, sepulchral, tenebrous, wretched

“The show was a dismal failure.”

“The team's record is dismal.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day; Glum

Glum:  carrancudo, de mau humor, taciturno, sombrio, abatido, lúgubre

Synonyms:  black, bleak, cheerless, chill, Cimmerian, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary

“…the usual glum waiting room at the tax collector's office…” (www.merriam-webster.com)