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dismal

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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.

[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.]

dismal·ly adv.
dismal·ness n.

dismal [ˈdɪzməl]
adj
1. causing gloom or depression
2. causing dismay or terror
[from dismal (n) list of 24 unlucky days in the year, from Medieval Latin diēs malī bad days, from Latin diēs day + malus bad]
dismally  adv
dismalness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
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"

dismal
adjective
1. bad, awful, dreadful, rotten (informal), terrible, poor, dire, duff (Brit. informal), abysmal, frightful, godawful (slang) the country's dismal record in the Olympics
3. gloomy, depressing, dull, dreary, lugubrious, cheerless The main part of the hospital is pretty dismal.
gloomy bright, sunny, cheerful
Translations
dismal [ˈdɪzməl] ADJ
1. (= gloomy, depressing) [weather] → deprimente; [place] → sombrío, deprimente; [day, tone, thought] → sombrío; [person] → taciturno, de carácter sombrío
to be in a dismal moodestar or sentirse abatido
2. (= poor) [performance, condition] → pésimo; [future] → desalentador, poco prometedor
my prospects of getting a job are dismal/pretty dismalmis posibilidades de conseguir un trabajo son ínfimas/bastante escasas
a dismal failureun rotundo fracaso

dismal [ˈdɪzməl] adj
[place] → lugubre; [day] → maussade
[performance, results] → lamentable; [prospects] → sombre
a dismal failure → un échec lamentable

dismal
adj
(= depressing) place, building, day, prospect, weathertrostlos; thoughttrüb; it makes dismal readinges ist bedrückend zu lesen; the dismal science (= economics)politische Ökonomie
(= poor) performancekläglich, miserabel; prospectsmiserabel; the dismal state of the economydie miserable Wirtschaftslage; to be a dismal failurekläglich scheitern

dismal [ˈdɪzml] adj (gloomy) → tetro/a, cupo/a; (weather) → grigio/a
it was a dismal failure → è stato un misero fallimento
dismal [ˈdɪzml] adj (gloomy) → tetro/a, cupo/a; (weather) → grigio/a
it was a dismal failure → è stato un misero fallimento

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 음침한, 음울한 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
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 ,

dismal موحش pochmurný elendig trostlos ζοφερός sombrío synkkä maussade tmuran tetro 陰気な 음침한 ellendig dyster posępny sombrio мрачный förskräcklig หดหู่ iç karartıcı ảm đạm 阴暗的


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The dismal individual took a dirty roll of paper from his pocket, and turning to Mr.
The Beaver, who happened to hear the remark, Protested, with tears in its eyes, That not even the rapture of hunting the Snark Could atone for that dismal surprise!
I found a dismal letter from him on my arrival here, full of complaints of his wife and sister, and lamentations on the cruelty of his fate.
 
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