dismal
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4.5
- adjective
- /ˈdɪzməl/
:
desalentador
- Digital humanities are one of the few growth areas in today's dismal academic job market.
- dismal prospects
- a dismal performance
- a dismal record
It whispers its dismal lies to you too, great souls.
- It whispers its dismal lies to you too, great souls.
- And to do so, let's step way back to the original dismal scientists.
- You know, everything in the news is just dismal.
- Despite these strengths, his performance in reading words was dismal.
- So, so, so I would say the budget's dismal.
- It's a, it's a very time consuming and thankless and sometimes dismal activity.
- And hence the recovery from that state is actually quite dismal or poor.
- So this okra I, I'm on the record as saying this was a dismal failure.
- It's what I think the nasty future holds for us and then we'll end with that rather dismal proposition.
- I mean, if we only look at what we see on these things, it would be easy to assume everything's dismal and everything's dark.
- Now, when Trump saw these dismal polls, he realized you can't please everybody and he's got to work for the American people.
- Something very dismal, something very minor.
Examples
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I think you have a dismal life in this freezing cab.
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Compared to this dismal record, the past decade has been highly successful.
Academic text (2011) -
How did my life take such a dismal turn?
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Everything else has been a dismal failure.
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The farm in winter was a dismal place in the best of circumstances.
Fiction book (1994) -
The situation of human rights is dismal, with no freedoms of speech, assembly, or association.
Academic text (1997) -
The attacks of September 11 seemed to reinforce the dismal prospects for democracy.
Academic text (2013) -
The proportion holding a favorable view of the United States was a dismal 10-12 percent throughout 2003 to 2010.
Academic text (2013) -
The interior, despite the dismal nature of the filthy street outside, was clean and warmly lit.
Fiction book (1992) -
The dismal weather kept us indoors all weekend, making us feel sad and unproductive.
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling unhappy or upset because of something
441
3.5
Feeling very sad and without hope
377
1.0
Feeling gloomy and sad
219
2.2
Making you feel very sad and that things will not get better
73
4.2
Sad and hopeless, making things seem very bad
68
4.7
Showing little hope or encouragement
44
3.8
A gloomy, boring time that makes you feel sad or tired
37
5.9
Feeling or showing deep sadness
23
4.1
Looking or feeling sad and quiet
18
7.7
Feeling very sad and without hope about the future
17
2.1
Making people feel sad because of how it looks or feels
15
7.9
Being quiet and unhappy and showing little interest in others
14
3.6
Feeling very sad because of loss or disappointment
11
6.7
Feeling very unhappy and alone after a loss
5
4.5
Feeling very sad and not hopeful
3
6.0
Feeling very sad and showing deep sorrow, like after bad news
3
8.2
Feeling or showing deep sadness
1
9.9
A dull, cold, and depressing place or scene
1
4.1
Feeling sad and without much hope
Feeling a little sad or down
Dark and sad in a way that makes you feel unhappy
Dark cloudy weather or a sad heavy mood
Causing deep sadness in people or places
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
1
8.1
A study of how people use money and goods, often focusing on not having enough and hardship
How Gloomy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dismal comes from a Latin phrase made of dies 'day' and malus 'bad', which meant 'bad days' or unlucky times. So when we call weather or news dismal, we mean it is gloomy, sad, or depressing.