Associations to the word «Dismal»
Noun
- Dark
- Fog
- Procession
- Deep
- Rain
- Shade
- Groan
- Howl
- Howling
- Wail
- Gloom
- Shriek
- Moan
- Swamp
- Solitude
- Tiding
- Yew
- Prospect
- Desolation
- Canyon
- Habitation
- Maroon
- Apprehension
- Failure
- Prognosis
- Stowe
- Dungeon
- Abode
- Calamity
- Countenance
- Carlyle
- Gray
- Spectacle
- Chesapeake
- Relegation
- Hiss
- Cavern
- Omen
- Outlook
- Bustle
- Gleam
- Reverie
- Loneliness
- Plight
- Downs
- Sigh
- Alligator
- Weeds
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
DISMAL, adjective. Disappointingly inadequate.
DISMAL, adjective. Gloomy and bleak.
DISMAL, adjective. Depressing.
DISMAL SCIENCE, noun. (idiomatic) (sometimes derogatory) (sometimes humorous) Economics or the field of political economy.
Dictionary definition
DISMAL, adjective. 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".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.