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- pronunciation:
- dIz
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- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer, Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
full of gloom; sad.
It was a dismal day when we sold the house I grew up in.- synonyms:
- dreary, gloomy, somber
- antonyms:
- cheerful, rosy
- similar words:
- black, bleak, dark, drab, grim, melancholy, miserable, sad, sullen
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cloudy, dim, dull, murky, overcast, wretched |
| derivations: |
dismally (adv.), dismalness (n.) |
Dismal is from dies male, a Latin phrase that means "evil days." In medieval Britain, two days in each month were marked on the calendar as unlucky days.
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