Meaning of dismal in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ˈdɪzməl/

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1. Classifying Adjective

   dismal

   Definitions

   1. depressing in character or appearance

   Examples

   • « drove through dingy streets »
   • « the dismal prison twilight- Charles Dickens »
   • « drab old buildings »
   • « a dreary mining town »
   • « gloomy tenements »
   • « sorry routine that follows on the heels of death- B.A.Williams »

   Synonyms

   • cheerless
   • uncheerful
2. 2. causing dejection

   Examples

   • « 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 »

   Synonyms

   • cheerless
   • uncheerful