Dismal
11dismal — adjective 1 a dismal place, situation, thought etc has nothing pleasant in it and makes it difficult for you to feel happy and hopeful: The future looks pretty dismal right now. | a dismal, grey November afternoon 2 bad and unsuccessful: Your… …
12dismal — dis|mal [ˈdızməl] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Anglo French; Origin: Medieval Latin dies mali evil days ] 1.) if a situation or a place is dismal, it is so bad that it makes you feel very unhappy and hopeless ▪ The future looks pretty dismal right now …
13dismal — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …
14dismal — [13] Etymologically, dismal means ‘bad day’. It comes, via Anglo Norman dis mal, from Latin diēs malī, literally ‘evil days’, a term used to denote the two days in each month which according to ancient superstition were supposed to be unlucky… …
15dismal — adjective 1) a dismal look Syn: gloomy, glum, melancholy, morose, doleful, woebegone, forlorn, dejected, depressed, dispirited, downcast, despondent, disconsolate, miserable, sad, unhappy, sorrowful …
16dismal — [13] Etymologically, dismal means ‘bad day’. It comes, via Anglo Norman dis mal, from Latin diēs malī, literally ‘evil days’, a term used to denote the two days in each month which according to ancient superstition were supposed to be unlucky… …
17dismal — adj. 1 causing or showing gloom; miserable. 2 dreary or sombre (dismal brown walls). 3 colloq. feeble or inept (a dismal performance). Phrases and idioms: the dismals colloq. melancholy. the dismal science joc. economics. Derivatives: dismally… …
18dismal — dismally, adv. dismalness, dismality, n. /diz meuhl/, adj. 1. causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather. 2. characterized by ineptness or lack of skill, competence, effectiveness, imagination, or interest;… …
19dismal — adjective /ˈdɪzm(ə)l/ a) Disappointingly inadequate. He received a dismal compensation b) Gloomy and bleak. The storm made for a dismal weekend …
20dismal — dis|mal [ dızməl ] adjective 1. ) making you feel unhappy and without hope or enthusiasm: DEPRESSING: dismal living conditions 2. ) very bad: a dismal performance/record ╾ dis|mal|ly adverb …
