Definition of dismal
Adjectives
causing dejection
"the first dismal dispiriting days of November"
- Synonyms:
- blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry
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cheerless, depressing, uncheerful
causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
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Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
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