Meaning

1 senses

  1. (US, dated, possibly)A dreary swamp in eastern North Carolina or Virginia in the United States.

Examples

12 sentences

  1. The prospects for Japan's future look dismal.

    Перспективи майбутнього Японії виглядають гнітюче. — deniko

    ruПерспективы будущего Японии выглядят удручающе. — odexed

    deDie Aussichten für Japans Zukunft sind düster. — Tamy

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  2. It was a dismal failure.

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  3. Sales were apparently dismal.

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  4. The rain made the autumn day dismal.

    ruДождь сделал осенний день унылым. — shanghainese

    deRegen verdüsterte den Herbsttag. — Yorwba

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  5. Edison's talking doll was a dismal failure.

    ruГоворящая кукла Эдисона провалилась с треском. — Ooneykcall

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Origin

From Middle English dismal, dismale, from Anglo-Norman dismal, from Old French (li) dis ma

From Middle English dismal, dismale, from Anglo-Norman dismal, from Old French (li) dis mals (“(the) bad days”), from Medieval Latin diēs malī (“bad days”).

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Forms

plural: dismals
Singulardismal
Pluraldismals

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dislikeA2dislocatedislodgeC1disloyaldismantledismayC1dismember

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