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dismal
[ diz-muhl ]
adjective
- causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy:
dismal weather.
Antonyms: ,
- characterized by ineptness or lack of skill, competence, effectiveness, imagination, or interest; pitiful:
Our team played a dismal game.
Synonyms: , ,
- Obsolete.
- disastrous; calamitous.
- unlucky; sinister.
noun
- Southern U.S. a tract of swampy land, usually along the coast.
dismal
/ ˈɪə /
adjective
- causing gloom or depression
- causing dismay or terror
- of poor quality or a low standard; feeble
Derived Forms
- ˈ徱Ա, noun
- ˈ徱, adverb
Other Word Forms
- 徱m· adverb
- 徱m·Ա 徱·i·ٲ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of dismal1
Word History and Origins
Origin of dismal1
Example Sentences
Foreign policy and national security are both bleak and dismal nightmares.
I take my hat off to Saints fans, because they have stuck with their team through such a dismal season - and maybe they will have something to celebrate when they play Leicester next week.
"As you are not prepared to do that, I am therefore left to conclude that this summit is designed to deflect attention from your party's dismal record."
All told, the Dodgers scored seven times, had nine batters reach base and chased Márquez from the game after 37 dismal pitches.
England are yet to appoint a successor to Knight after she stepped down following this winter's dismal 16-0 Ashes defeat.
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