dismal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɪzməl/
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Etymology
From Middle English dismal, dismale, from Anglo-Norman dismal, from Old French (li) dis mals (“(the) bad days”), from Medieval Latin diēs malī (“bad days”).
Meanings
- Disastrous, calamitous.
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Disappointingly inadequate.
Liverpool's efforts thereafter had an air of desperation as their dismal 2012 league form continued.
2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:He received a dismal compensation.
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Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
The storm made for a dismal weekend
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Depressing, dreary, cheerless.
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.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:She was lost in dismal thoughts of despair
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most dismal | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more dismal | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
dismalness · dismally · undismal · Great Dismal Swamp · dismalize · dismality · dismal science · dismal Jimmy · dismal Dora · Dismal Swamp · dismalise
Synonyms
lean · dire · infelicitous · solemn · unconsolable · gloomy · gayless · meager · crestfallen · wistful · sorrow-ridden · mopey · disconsolate · melancholic · threnetical · sorrowful · solemn · scanty · meager · spiritless · elegious · skimpy · awanting · spare · unmerry · disgruntled · elegiac · down in the mouth · despondent · bummed out · downhearted · melancholy · triste · unsatisfactory · uncheery · grief-stricken · raunchy · dull · uncheerful · joyless · blue · depressed · bleak · sparse · downsome · wretched · catastrophic · slender · jawfallen · unhappy · woeful · comfortless · mournful · blitheless · lugubrious · atrabiliary · shattered · morose · passionate · saddened · desolate · no joke · inconsolable · damp · cataclysmic · paltry · down in the dumps · insufficient · mournful · downcast · threadbare · Plutonian · dispirited · cheerless · dark · geason · woebegone · chopfallen · Plutonic · sullen · lousy · drearisome · dreary · forlorn · unlively · lumpish · gray · ruthful · dolesome · chapfallen · sorrowsome · lamentful · wintry · tristful · joyless · saturnine · sullen · disheartened · heartsore · dismal · down · poor · mirthless · heavy-hearted · glum · ruinous · dreary · heartsick · low-spirited · deficient · lack-laughter · cut up · miserable · inadequate · cheerless · plaintive · sad · depressing · melancholy · sombre · woeful · grim · sorrowful · scant · forlorn · gloomy · lugubrious · scantling · lank · exiguous · doleful · woe · uncheerful · morose · miserable · grieving · scarce · dolesome · querulous · sleazy · paltry · gloomsome · uncheery · dejected · atrabilious · dismal · low · dreich · moody · measly · dismal · unsufficient · unhappy · lachrymose · spiritless · wanting · sunless · threnetic · somber · sombre · saturnine · disconsolate · doleful · desolate · wanty · drear
Translations (111)
ro dezamagitor de inadecvat (disappointingly inadequate) · hu bús (gloomy and bleak) · hi मनहूस (gloomy and bleak) · de trist (depressing) · he מדכא (depressing) · cs neutěšený (gloomy and bleak) · es pésimo (disappointingly inadequate) · de düster (depressing) · el θλιβερός (depressing) · fr lamentable (disappointingly inadequate) · cs pochmurný (gloomy and bleak) · fi ankea (gloomy and bleak) · cs tristní (disappointingly inadequate) · de trübsinnig (gloomy and bleak) · ru угрю́мый (gloomy and bleak) · pt inadequado (disappointingly inadequate) · de trostlos (gloomy and bleak) · hu vigasztalan (depressing) · hi लक़दक़ (gloomy and bleak) · hu elszomorító (disappointingly inadequate) · fi synkkä (gloomy and bleak) · hi तमस्वी (gloomy and bleak) · hi वीरान (gloomy and bleak) · cs depresivní (depressing) · hi रूखा (gloomy and bleak) · fi synkkä (depressing) · ko 음침하다 (gloomy and bleak) · de traurig (depressing) · fr déprimant (depressing) · fi synkeä (depressing) · la funestus (gloomy and bleak) · de unzureichend (disappointingly inadequate) · cs neradostný (disappointingly inadequate) · bg тъ́жен (depressing) · cs chmurný (depressing) · es mísero (disappointingly inadequate) · am ቀፋፊ (gloomy and bleak) · bg уни́л (depressing) · es funesto (gloomy and bleak) · de traurig (gloomy and bleak) · el θλιβερός (gloomy and bleak) · hi फीका (gloomy and bleak) · fr misérable (disappointingly inadequate) · hi तमोमय (gloomy and bleak) · de freudlos (gloomy and bleak) · hu szomorú (gloomy and bleak) · hi मलिन (gloomy and bleak) · cs katastrofální (disappointingly inadequate) · cs neradostný (gloomy and bleak) · de finster (depressing) · el ζοφερός (gloomy and bleak) · no stusslig (gloomy and bleak) · hu sötét (gloomy and bleak) · bg плачевен (disappointingly inadequate) · nl akelig (gloomy and bleak) · de trübselig (depressing) · de freudlos (depressing) · fr lugubre (gloomy and bleak) · hi उजाड़ (gloomy and bleak) · ota آجی (depressing) · es lúgubre (gloomy and bleak) · hu szomorú (depressing) · cs pochmurný (depressing) · hi निराशाजनक (disappointingly inadequate) · fi surkea (disappointingly inadequate) · bg мра́чен (gloomy and bleak) · cs bezútěšný (gloomy and bleak) · hu lehangoló (depressing) · cs neuspokojivý (disappointingly inadequate) · hu komor (depressing) · ota آجی (gloomy and bleak) · de kläglich (disappointingly inadequate) · fr morne (gloomy and bleak) · de trübe (gloomy and bleak) · de unzulänglich (disappointingly inadequate) · hu sikertelen (disappointingly inadequate) · gd brònach (depressing) · es tétrico (gloomy and bleak) · fi surullinen (depressing) · de unglücklich (depressing) · pt sombrio (gloomy and bleak) · de trist (gloomy and bleak) · de jämmerlich (disappointingly inadequate) · cs žalostný (disappointingly inadequate) · ru мра́чный (gloomy and bleak) · ru гнету́щий (depressing) · tr kasvetli (gloomy and bleak) · hi सुनसान (gloomy and bleak) · cs deprimující (depressing) · cs chmurný (gloomy and bleak) · de deprimierend (depressing) · mi poururu (gloomy and bleak) · hu gyászos (depressing) · de miserabel (disappointingly inadequate) · ru уны́лый (gloomy and bleak) · de fade (gloomy and bleak) · tr berbat (disappointingly inadequate) · de trüb (gloomy and bleak) · eo senĝoja (gloomy and bleak) · de trübselig (gloomy and bleak) · de deprimiert (depressing) · ru уны́лый (depressing) · de finster (gloomy and bleak) · mi whakapoururu (gloomy and bleak) · de düster (gloomy and bleak) · ro deprimant (depressing) · fi surullinen (gloomy and bleak) · bg нищожен (disappointingly inadequate) · de trübsinnig (depressing) · de trostlos (depressing) · de fad (gloomy and bleak)