Sekirov Dictionary

dismal

/ˈdɪzməl/

adjective 4
noun 1
forms 7
phrases 1

adjective4

•
Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
- The storm made for a dismal weekend
•
Depressing, dreary, cheerless.
- She was lost in dismal thoughts of despair
•
Disappointingly inadequate.
- He received a dismal compensation.
Disastrous, calamitous.

noun1

(US, old-fashioned) A dreary swamp in eastern North Carolina or Virginia in the United States.

forms

dismals · dismaler · dismaller · more dismal · dismalest · dismallest · most dismal

Phrases with dismal

dismal science
Economics or the field of political economy.

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