The phrase
"growing dismay" means feeling more and more worried, disappointed, or upset over time.
Full definition
Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«growing»
«dismay»
Sentences with «growing dismay»
- I also remember growing dismay at the shrinking size of the science aisle of the Toys «R» Us on trips with Mom to buy telescopes and chemistry sets. (dnalc.org)
- Paul speaks directly to our alarm as we pastors grow dismayed watching the people in our pews squirm. (religion-online.org)
- So it is with growing dismay that, despite reading about many hard - working and sometimes overstressed students, one comes across story after story in these books of others who openly, defiantly, even gleefully prey on inexperienced teachers or assiduously resist everything their teachers do to reach out to them. (educationnext.org)
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