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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)
us / ˈdɪz.məl / uk / ˈdɪz.məl / Add to word list. sad and...
- Znaczenie Dismal, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
DISMAL definicja: 1. sad and without hope: 2. very bad: 3....
- Dismal Spanish Translation
DISMAL translate: deprimente, execrable, deplorable,...
- Dismal: Korean Translation
dismal translate: 음울한. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Dismal: Italian Translation
DISMAL translate: tetro, deprimente, lugubre, triste. Learn...
- Dismal: Arabic Translation
DISMAL translate: كَئيب. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Dismal: Polish Translation
dismal translate: przygnębiający, ponury, żałosny, posępny....
- Dismal: Thai Translation
DISMAL translate: หดหู่. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- 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.
Dismal definition: causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy. See examples of DISMAL used in a sentence.
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. a long face idiom. abjection. angsty. be cut up idiom. be down in the mouth idiom. be in a funk idiom.
Dismal means bad, sad, or depressing in a way. It can also describe something that is poor, inept, or unlucky. Learn more about its origin, usage, and related words.
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.