tyrmistyttää — meaning in English

English meaning

• appall verb To shock or horrify someone deeply.
• boggle verb To overwhelm or bewilder the mind, especially with something surprising or hard to grasp.
• dismay noun A strong feeling of sudden worry, disappointment, or discouragement.

Senses

tyrmistyttää is used for these senses in English:

• appall (intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
• boggle (transitive) To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
• dismay To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy.
• dismay To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.

appall — full definition

1. verb To shock or horrify someone deeply.
2. verb (archaic) To turn pale, or to make something pale.
3. verb (archaic) To make something weaker.
4. verb (archaic) To become weak or faint, or to lose courage.

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