dismal

dis·mal  (dzml)

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 U.S. See pocosin. See Regional Note at pocosin.

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[Middle English, unlucky days, unlucky, from Anglo-Norman, unlucky days, from Medieval Latin dis mal : Latin dis, pl. of dis, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots + Latin mal, pl. of malus, evil; see mel-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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dismal·ly adv.

dismal·ness n.

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dismal

Adjective

1. gloomy and depressing

2. Informal of poor quality [Medieval Latin dies mali unlucky days]

dismally adv

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

dismal - causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" drear, dreary, disconsolate, gloomy, dingy, sorry, drab, grim, blue, dark cheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"

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dismal

adjective 1. bad, awful, dreadful, rotten (informal) terrible, poor, dire, duff Brit. (informal) abysmal, frightful, godawful (slang)

adjective 2. sad, gloomy, melancholy, black, dark, depressing, discouraging, bleak, dreary, sombre, forlorn, despondent, lugubrious, sorrowful, wretched, funereal, cheerless, dolorous << OPPOSITE happy

adjective 3. gloomy, depressing, dull, dreary, lugubrious, cheerless << OPPOSITE cheerful

Translations

dismal [ˈdɪzml] adj (= dark) → sombrío (= depressing); triste (= very bad); fatal

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dismal [ˈdɪzml] adj (= gloomy) → lugubre, maussade (= very bad); lamentable

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dismal [ˈdɪzml] adj → trübe, trostlos;

(song, person, mood) → trübsinnig;

(failure) → kläglich

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dismal [ˈdɪzml] adj → triste, cupo/a

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dismal

adj dismal [ˈdizməl]

gloomy dismal news; Don't look so dismal! droewig,treurig, weemoedig كَئيب، مُحْزِن мрачен chmurný, ponurý, smutný dyster düster καταθλιπτικός, μελαγχολικός, θλιμμένος deprimente, triste, desalentador, abatido sünge دلگیر؛ حزن انگیز synkkä lugubre קוֹדֵר, מְדוּכָּא निराशा जनक, निराशापूर्ण mračan, potišten komor muram dapurlegur lugubre, triste 陰うつな 우울한, 참담한 niūrus, rūškanas drūms; nospiedošs muram ellendig, somber mørk og trist, dyster posępny triste trist, deprimat мрачный; унылый bezútešný, smutný zlovešč; mračen pesimističan dyster หดหู่ kasvetli, iç karartıcı 憂鬱的 пригнічений; похмурий افسردہ buồn thảm 忧郁的

adv dismally

terneerdrukkend, sukkelend, beroerd بِكآبَه мрачно chmurně, ponuře, smutně dystert düster μελαγχολικά, θλιμμένα tristemente süngelt بطور حزن انگیز synkästi lugubrement בְּעֶצֶב, בְּאוֹפֶן מְדַכֵּא उदासीनता पूर्वक mračno, potišteno komoran dengan muram dapurlega lugubremente, tetramente 陰気に 우울하게, 참담하게 niūriai drūmi; nospiedoši dengan muram ellendig, somber trist, gledesløst, nifst posępnie tristemente apăsător мрачно; уныло smutne mračno pesimistično dystert อย่างหดหู่ kasvetli bir şekilde 情緒低落地, 沈悶地 пригнічено; засмучено افسردگی سے một cách buồn thảm 情绪低落地, 沉闷地