dismal: Meaning and Definition of
dis•mal
Pronunciation: (diz'mul), [key]
— adj.
- causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather.
- characterized by ineptness or lack of skill, competence, effectiveness, imagination, or interest; pitiful: Our team played a dismal game.
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- disastrous; calamitous.
- unlucky; sinister.
—n.
- a tract of swampy land, usually along the coast.
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