Associations to the word «Dismal»
Noun
- Accompaniment
- Vast
- Labyrinth
- Roaring
- Outcry
- Whine
- Cry
- Woe
- Grate
- Surrounding
- Chimney
- Sobbing
- Stillness
- Mist
- Yell
- Hades
- Owl
- Midst
- Refuge
- Echo
- Shudder
- Apache
- Torrent
- Torment
- Drummond
- Spare
- Misery
- Chill
- Despair
- Recollection
- Rating
- Crawley
- Drip
- Abyss
- Diner
- Malady
- Midnight
- Cadence
- Pavement
- Parlour
- Churchyard
- Scourge
- Cinder
- Slum
- Premiership
- Cheer
- Suffering
- Street
- Clatter
- Fate
- Personage
- Canal
- Darkness
- Sunshine
- Roar
- Staircase
- Hermit
- Chanting
Adjective
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
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.