| 单词 | dismal |
| 释义 | dismal (once / 472 pages) adj Dismal is a dreary, depressing sort of bad. "With the cold rain and their team behind by six field goals, the mood in the stands was so dismal even the cheerleaders had lost their 'Rah.'" Dismal comes from the Latin dies mali which means "bad days." There is a hopelessness implied in the word. If you fell on the way to school and cut your knee, it would be bad, but not dismal. If you fell into a giant mud puddle and had to wear dirty, crusty clothes until you got home, it might make the school day seem pretty dismal. WORD FAMILYdismal: dismalest, dismally USAGE EXAMPLESEurope was dismal, with the mood exemplified by Britain's vote in June to leave the European Union. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) They ranged from the absolutely dismal — remember Founding Farmers? — to the totally scintillating. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) But Kent State was even more dismal, hitting 26.5 percent with 11 turnovers. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) adj causing dejection the first dismal dispiriting days of November Syn blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry cheerless, depressing, uncheerful causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy |
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