dismay (v.) Copy link Outline 1. terreo, păvĕfăcio2. percello, cŭli, culsum, 3 (to give a shock of fright or horror)3. perturbo, 1 • dismay (v.): 1. terreo, păvĕfăcio: v. to frighten. 2. percello, cŭli, culsum, 3 (to give a shock of fright or horror): did not this cry d. you? haec te vox non perculit? [non perturbavit?], Cic.: esp. in perf. part. perculsus: sometimes with timore, Cic. 3. perturbo, 1: Cic. (v. supr.).