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- Dictionarydismal/ˈdɪzm(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. causing a mood of gloom or depression: "the dismal weather made the late afternoon seem like evening" Similar Opposite
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very bad: In January, after a dismal holiday sales season, the retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. dismal picture/news/outlook Another damper on investment is the dismal picture for corporate profits. Investors may be deterred by the dismal performance of telecoms shares in recent weeks.
The meaning of DISMAL is showing or causing gloom or depression. How to use dismal in a sentence. The Evil History of Dismal Synonym Discussion of Dismal.
DISMAL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of dismal in English. dismal. adjective. us / ˈdɪz.məl / uk / ˈdɪz.məl / Add to word list. sad and without hope: a dismal expression. informal. very bad: The acting was dismal, wasn't it? What dismal weather! SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling sad and unhappy.
Dismal definition: causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy. See examples of DISMAL used in a sentence.
Something that is dismal is sad and depressing, especially in appearance. The main part of the hospital is pretty dismal but the children's ward is really lively. ...a dark dismal day with rain falling steadily. You can't occupy yourself with dismal thoughts all the time.
Dismal is a dreary, depressing sort of bad. "With the cold rain and their team behind by six field goals, the mood in the stands was so dismal even the cheerleaders had lost their 'Rah.'" Dismal comes from the Latin dies mali which means "bad days." There is a hopelessness implied in the word.
adj. 1. Causing gloom or depression; dreary: dismal weather; took a dismal view of the economy. 2. Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit: a dismal book; a dismal performance on the cello. 3. Obsolete Dreadful; disastrous. n. Chiefly South Atlantic US See pocosin.
Definition of dismal adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
very bad or unpleasant and making you feel unhappy: What dismal weather. That was a dismal performance. dismally. adverb. I tried to cheer her up, but failed dismally (= completely failed). (Definition of dismal from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of dismal. in Chinese (Traditional) 悲傷絕望的，憂鬱茫然的, 十分糟糕的…
dismal. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English dis‧mal /ˈdɪzməl/ adjective 1 if a situation or a place is dismal, it is so bad that it makes you feel very unhappy and hopeless The future looks pretty dismal right now. a dismal, grey afternoon 2 bad and unsuccessful The team’s record so far is pretty dismal.
