dismay

Noun

• fear resulting from the awareness of danger

• the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

Verb

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
  • I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
    
  • The news of the executions horrified us
    

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
  • These news depressed her
    
  • The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  alarm , consternation , discouragement , disheartenment , appal , appall , horrify , depress , deject , cast down , get down , dispirit , demoralize , demoralise
• Antonyms: 
  elate , lift up , uplift , pick up , intoxicate