Dismay is accented on the second syllable. A simple way of testing which syllable is accented is by saying the word aloud. Look for the syllable that you naturally emphasise more in your speech.
The word balance is a unstressed first syllable.
Second syllable.
it is a first syllable
Behave is stressed on the second syllable.
Footprint is stressed on the first syllable.
The second.
Dismay is accented on the second syllable.
The word balance is a unstressed first syllable.
second syllable
second
Second syllable.
second accented syllable
The first syllable is accented.
first
It is on the second syllable.
"Unfold" is accented on the first syllable, with the stress being placed on the "un" sound.
"Dolphin" is a first-syllable word. The primary stress is on the first syllable in English pronunciation.