dismal
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dis·mal
(dĭz′məl)adj.
1. Causing gloom or depression; dreary: dismal weather; took a dismal view of the economy.
2. Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit: a dismal book; a dismal performance on the cello.
3. Obsolete Dreadful; disastrous.
n.
Chiefly South Atlantic US See pocosin.
[Middle English, unlucky days, unlucky, from Anglo-Norman, unlucky days, from Medieval Latin diēs malī : Latin diēs, pl. of diēs, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots + Latin malī, pl. of malus, evil; see mel- in Indo-European roots.]
dis′mal·ly adv.
dis′mal·ness n.
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dismal
(ˈdɪzməl)adj
1. causing gloom or depression
2. causing dismay or terror
3. of poor quality or a low standard; feeble
[C13: from dismal (noun) list of 24 unlucky days in the year, from Medieval Latin diēs malī bad days, from Latin diēs day + malus bad]
ˈdismally adv
ˈdismalness n
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dis•mal
(ˈdɪz məl)adj.
1. causing gloom or dejection; dreary; cheerless.
2. characterized by ineptness or lack of skill or interest.
3. Obs. calamitous.
n. 4. Southern U.S. a tract of swampy land.
[1275–1325; Middle English dismale unlucky time, dismol day one of two days in each month considered unlucky (hence later taken as adj.) < Anglo-French dis mal < Medieval Latin diēs malī literally, evil days]
dis′mal•ly, adv.
dis′mal•ness, n.
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dismal
- Comes from French dies mali, "evil days," and first meant the 24 evil or unlucky days of the medieval calendar (two per month).See also related terms for unlucky.
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Adj. | 1. | dismal - causing dejection; "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" cheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place" |
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dismal
adjective
1. bad, awful, dreadful, rotten (informal), terrible, poor, dire, duff (Brit. informal), abysmal, frightful, godawful (slang) the country's dismal record in the Olympics
2. sad, gloomy, melancholy, black, dark, depressing, discouraging, bleak, dreary, sombre, forlorn, despondent, lugubrious, sorrowful, wretched, funereal, cheerless, dolorous You can't occupy yourself with dismal thoughts all the time.
sad happy, glad, cheery, joyful, light-hearted
sad happy, glad, cheery, joyful, light-hearted
3. gloomy, depressing, dull, dreary, lugubrious, cheerless The main part of the hospital is pretty dismal.
gloomy bright, sunny, cheerful
gloomy bright, sunny, cheerful
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dismal
adjective1. Tending to cause sadness or low spirits:
2. Dark and depressing:
3. Marked by little hopefulness:
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Translations
كَئيب، مُحْزِنمُوْحِش
chmurnýpochmurnýponurýsmutný
dysterelendig
synkkäsurullinen
turoban
dapurlegur
陰気な
음침한
niūriairūškanas
drūmsnospiedošs
mračenzlovešč
förskräcklig
หดหู่
ảm đạm
dismal
[ˈdɪzməl] ADJ1. (= gloomy, depressing) [weather] → deprimente; [place] → sombrío, deprimente; [day, tone, thought] → sombrío; [person] → taciturno, de carácter sombrío
to be in a dismal mood → estar or sentirse abatido
to be in a dismal mood → estar or sentirse abatido
2. (= poor) [performance, condition] → pésimo; [future] → desalentador, poco prometedor
my prospects of getting a job are dismal/pretty dismal → mis posibilidades de conseguir un trabajo son ínfimas/bastante escasas
a dismal failure → un rotundo fracaso
my prospects of getting a job are dismal/pretty dismal → mis posibilidades de conseguir un trabajo son ínfimas/bastante escasas
a dismal failure → un rotundo fracaso
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
dismal
[ˈdɪzməl] adjCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
dismal
adj
(= depressing) place, building, day, prospect, weather → trostlos; thought → trüb; it makes dismal reading → es ist bedrückend zu lesen; the dismal science (= economics) → politische Ökonomie
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
dismal
[ˈdɪzm/əl] adj (gloomy) → tetro/a, cupo/a; (weather) → grigio/ait was a dismal failure → è stato un misero fallimento
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dismal
(ˈdizməl) adjective gloomy. dismal news; Don't look so dismal!
ˈdismally adverbKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
dismal
→ مُوْحِش pochmurný elendig trostlos ζοφερός funesto, sombrío synkkä maussade turoban fosco 陰気な 음침한 ellendig dyster posępny sombrio мрачный förskräcklig หดหู่ iç karartıcı ảm đạm 阴暗的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009