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dis⋅mal
[diz-muh
l] 
–adjective
| 1. | causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather. |
| 2. | characterized by ineptness or lack of skill, competence, effectiveness, imagination, or interest; pitiful: Our team played a dismal game. |
| 3. | Obsolete.
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–noun
| 4. | Southern U.S. a tract of swampy land, usually along the coast. |
Origin:
1275–1325; ME dismale unlucky time, dismol day one of two days in each month considered unlucky (hence later taken as adj.) < AF dis mal < ML diēs malī lit., evil days
1275–1325; ME dismale unlucky time, dismol day one of two days in each month considered unlucky (hence later taken as adj.) < AF dis mal < ML diēs malī lit., evil days
Related forms:
dis⋅mal⋅ly, adverb
dis⋅mal⋅ness, dis⋅mal⋅i⋅ty, noun
Synonyms:
2. hopeless, abysmal, dreadful.
2. hopeless, abysmal, dreadful.
Antonyms:
1. cheerful; gay.
1. cheerful; gay.
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