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dismal
dis·mal D0276200 (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.dismal (ˈdɪzməl) adj1. causing gloom or depression2. causing dismay or terror3. 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 ndis•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. 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.Thesaurus| 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"drear, dreary, disconsolate, gloomy, dingy, sorry, drab, grim, blue, darkcheerless, 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" |
dismaladjective1. bad, awful, dreadful, rotten (informal), terrible, poor, dire, duff (Brit. informal), abysmal, frightful, godawful (slang) the country's dismal record in the Olympics2. 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-hearted3. gloomy, depressing, dull, dreary, lugubrious, cheerless The main part of the hospital is pretty dismal.
gloomy bright, sunny, cheerfuldismaladjective1. Tending to cause sadness or low spirits:blue, cheerless, depressing, dispiriting, gloomy, joyless, melancholy, sad.2. Dark and depressing:black, bleak, blue, cheerless, dark, desolate, dreary, gloomy, glum, joyless, somber, tenebrific.3. Marked by little hopefulness:dark, gloomy, pessimistic.Translationsdismal (ˈdizməl) adjective gloomy. dismal news; Don't look so dismal! 憂鬱的 忧郁的ˈdismally adverb 情緒低落地，沈悶地 情绪低落地，沉闷地 dismal
the dismal scienceA disparaging term for the discipline of economics, coined in 1849 by Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle as a label for the school of economists who supported the abolition of slavery. Economists have predicted that the exponential population growth will eventually cause our entire society to collapse in on itself—I suppose that is why they are known as practitioners of the dismal science.See also: dismal, sciencedismal science, theEconomics. The term is Thomas Carlyle’s, and he first used it in On the Nigger Question (1849), writing: “The social science—not a ‘gay science’ but a rueful—which finds the secret of this Universe in ‘supply and demand’ . . . what we might call, by way of eminence, the dismal science.” He repeated it the following year in a pamphlet, and it gradually caught on, becoming particularly popular among students struggling with the subject’s complexities.See also: dismaldismal
Related to dismal: Dismal Science, Dismal SwampSynonyms for dismaladj badSynonyms- bad
- awful
- dreadful
- rotten
- terrible
- poor
- dire
- duff
- abysmal
- frightful
- godawful
adj sadSynonyms- sad
- gloomy
- melancholy
- black
- dark
- depressing
- discouraging
- bleak
- dreary
- sombre
- forlorn
- despondent
- lugubrious
- sorrowful
- wretched
- funereal
- cheerless
- dolorous
Antonyms- happy
- glad
- cheery
- joyful
- light-hearted
adj gloomySynonyms- gloomy
- depressing
- dull
- dreary
- lugubrious
- cheerless
AntonymsSynonyms for dismaladj tending to cause sadness or low spiritsSynonyms- blue
- cheerless
- depressing
- dispiriting
- gloomy
- joyless
- melancholy
- sad
adj dark and depressingSynonyms- black
- bleak
- blue
- cheerless
- dark
- desolate
- dreary
- gloomy
- glum
- joyless
- somber
- tenebrific
adj marked by little hopefulnessSynonymsSynonyms for dismaladj causing dejectionSynonyms- drear
- dreary
- disconsolate
- gloomy
- dingy
- sorry
- drab
- grim
- blue
- dark
Related Words- cheerless
- depressing
- uncheerful
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