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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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Dismal means sad and without hope, or very bad. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, see related words and phrases, and hear the pronunciation.
- English (US)
adjective. us / ˈdɪz.məl / uk / ˈdɪz.məl / Add to word list....
- Znaczenie Dismal, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
DISMAL definicja: 1. sad and without hope: 2. very bad: 3....
- Dismal: Russian Translation
DISMAL translate: гнетущий, мрачный . Learn more in the...
- Dismal Turkish Translation
DISMAL translate: kasvetli, sıkıntılı, nahoş, iç karartan,...
- Dismal: Italian Translation
DISMAL translate: tetro, deprimente, lugubre, triste. Learn...
- Dismal: Catalan Translation
dismal translate: depriment. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Dismal: French Translation
dismal translate: lugubre, lamentable, lugubre. Learn more...
- Dismal: Polish Translation
dismal translate: przygnębiający, ponury, żałosny, posępny....
- English (US)
Dismal means showing or causing gloom or depression, or lacking in merit or quality. Learn the origin, synonyms, examples, and history of this adjective from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather. Antonyms: gay, cheerful. characterized by ineptness or lack of skill, competence, effectiveness, imagination, or interest; pitiful: Our team played a dismal game. Synonyms: dreadful, abysmal, hopeless. Obsolete.
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.
Dismal means causing or showing the feeling of being sad, or not successful or of very low quality. Learn how to use this adjective with synonyms, collocations and word origin.
Dismal means very bad or unpleasant and making you feel unhappy. Learn how to use this adjective and its adverb form with sentences and translations in different languages.