Meaning of dismal | Babel Free

Definitions

1. sad, saddened, blue, gloomy, unhappy, joyless, triste
2. Disastrous, calamitous.
3. dismal, dreary, glum, miserable, melancholy
4. Disappointingly inadequate.
5. sorrowful, mournful
6. Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
7. forlorn
8. Depressing, dreary, cheerless.
9. upsetting, saddening

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Examples

“He received a dismal compensation.”

“Liverpool's efforts thereafter had an air of desperation as their dismal 2012 league form⟳ continued.”

“The storm made for a dismal weekend”

“She was lost in dismal thoughts of despair”

“So, after a spell⟳, he decided to make⟳ the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort⟳ of place⟳, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land⟳ knows what all. It looked like⟳ a tomb and smelt pretty nigh as musty and dead-and-gone.”

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