Meaning of dismal in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  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

  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

Famous quotes

  • « Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life. »
    Henry Van Dyke

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