"dismal" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈdɪzməl/ Audio: en-us-dismal.ogg [US] Forms: more dismal [comparative], most dismal [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪzməl Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dismal}} Middle English dismal, {{m|enm|dismale}} dismale, {{der|en|xno|dismal}} Anglo-Norman dismal, {{der|en|fro|(li) dis mals|t=(the) bad days}} Old French (li) dis mals (“(the) bad days”), {{der|en|ML.|diēs malī|t=bad days}} Medieval Latin diēs malī (“bad days”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} dismal (comparative more dismal, superlative most dismal)
  1. Disastrous, calamitous
    Sense id: en-dismal-en-adj-FatxuTnK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 24 21 26
  2. Disappointingly inadequate. Translations (disappointingly inadequate): neradostný (Czech), neuspokojivý (Czech), surkea (Finnish), lamentable (French), misérable (French), unzureichend (German), unzulänglich (German), jämmerlich (German), kläglich (German), miserabel (German), निराशाजनक (nirāśājnak) (Hindi), elszomorító (Hungarian), sikertelen (Hungarian), inadequado (Portuguese), dezamagitor de inadecvat (Romanian), mísero (Spanish), miserable (Spanish), triste (Spanish), berbat (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dismal-en-adj-mdGymZhm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 24 21 26 Disambiguation of 'disappointingly inadequate': 3 94 2 2
  3. Causing despair; gloomy and bleak. Translations (gloomy and bleak): мра́чен (mráčen) (Bulgarian), chmurný (Czech), neradostný (Czech), akelig (Dutch), synkkä (Finnish), surullinen (Finnish), ankea (Finnish), morne (French), lugubre (French), traurig (German), trübe (German), trostlos (German), freudlos (German), düster (German), finster (German), trist (German), trüb (German), fade (German), fad (German), trübselig (German), trübsinnig (German), मनहूस (manhūs) (Hindi), वीरान (vīrān) (Hindi), सुनसान (sunsān) (Hindi), उजाड़ (ujāṛ) (Hindi), लक़दक़ (laqdaq) (Hindi), तमस्वी (tamasvī) (Hindi), तमोमय (tamomay) (Hindi), फीका (phīkā) (Hindi), रूखा (rūkhā) (Hindi), मलिन (malin) (Hindi), szomorú (Hungarian), sötét (Hungarian), bús (Hungarian), 음침하다 (eumchimhada) (Korean), funestus (Latin), poururu (Maori), stusslig (Norwegian), آجی (acı) (note: of sounds) (Ottoman Turkish), sombrio (Portuguese), мра́чный (mráčnyj) (Russian), угрю́мый (ugrjúmyj) (Russian), уны́лый (unýlyj) (Russian), triste (Spanish), kasvetli (english: e.g of weather) (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dismal-en-adj-y-LhnR4~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 24 21 26 Disambiguation of 'gloomy and bleak': 1 1 82 17
  4. Depressing, dreary, cheerless. Translations (depressing): тъ́жен (tǎ́žen) (Bulgarian), уни́л (uníl) (Bulgarian), deprimující (Czech), depresivní (Czech), chmurný (Czech), surullinen (Finnish), synkeä (Finnish), synkkä (Finnish), déprimant (French), unglücklich (German), deprimiert (German), deprimierend (German), traurig (German), trostlos (German), freudlos (German), düster (German), finster (German), trist (German), trübselig (German), trübsinnig (German), מדכא (medake) [masculine] (Hebrew), szomorú (Hungarian), lehangoló (Hungarian), gyászos (Hungarian), komor (Hungarian), vigasztalan (Hungarian), آجی (acı) (note: of sounds) (Ottoman Turkish), deprimant (Romanian), гнету́щий (gnetúščij) (Russian), уны́лый (unýlyj) (Russian), brònach (Scottish Gaelic), deprimente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dismal-en-adj-VJoY3sj~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 24 21 26 Disambiguation of 'depressing': 2 1 6 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dismal Dora, dismal Jimmy, dismal science, dismal failure, dismal performance, dismal state, dismal record, dismal place, dismal result, dismal scene, dismal season, dismal year, dismal economy, dismal future, dismal fate, dismal weather, dismal news, dismal condition, dismal history

Inflected forms

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          "word": "sikertelen"
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          "word": "inadequado"
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          "word": "dezamagitor de inadecvat"
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          "word": "mísero"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
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          "word": "akelig"
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          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "morne"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "traurig"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "trübe"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "trostlos"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "freudlos"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "düster"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "finster"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "trist"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "trüb"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "fade"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "fad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "trübselig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "trübsinnig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "manhūs",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "मनहूस"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vīrān",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "वीरान"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sunsān",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "सुनसान"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ujāṛ",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "उजाड़"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "laqdaq",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "लक़दक़"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "tamasvī",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "तमस्वी"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "tamomay",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "तमोमय"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "phīkā",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "फीका"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "rūkhā",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "रूखा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "malin",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "मलिन"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "szomorú"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "sötét"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "bús"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eumchimhada",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "음침하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "funestus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "poururu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "stusslig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "note": "of sounds",
          "roman": "acı",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "آجی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "sombrio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mráčnyj",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "мра́чный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ugrjúmyj",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "угрю́мый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "unýlyj",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "уны́лый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "triste"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 82 17",
          "code": "tr",
          "english": "e.g of weather",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
          "word": "kasvetli"
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          "text": "She was lost in dismal thoughts of despair",
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        "Depressing, dreary, cheerless."
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          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "tǎ́žen",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "тъ́жен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "uníl",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "уни́л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "deprimující"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "depresivní"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "chmurný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "surullinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "synkeä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "synkkä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "déprimant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "unglücklich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "deprimiert"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "deprimierend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "traurig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "trostlos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "freudlos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "düster"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "finster"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "trist"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "trübselig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "trübsinnig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "medake",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מדכא"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "szomorú"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "lehangoló"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "gyászos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "komor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "vigasztalan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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          "roman": "acı",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "آجی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "deprimant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gnetúščij",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "гнету́щий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "unýlyj",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "уны́лый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "brònach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 6 91",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "depressing",
          "word": "deprimente"
        }
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɪzməl/"
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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      "word": "dismal Dora"
    },
    {
      "word": "dismal Jimmy"
    },
    {
      "word": "dismal science"
    },
    {
      "word": "dismal failure"
    },
    {
      "word": "dismal performance"
    },
    {
      "word": "dismal state"
    },
    {
      "word": "dismal record"
    },
    {
      "word": "dismal place"
    },
    {
      "word": "dismal result"
    },
    {
      "word": "dismal scene"
    },
    {
      "word": "dismal season"
    },
    {
      "word": "dismal year"
    },
    {
      "word": "dismal economy"
    },
    {
      "word": "dismal future"
    },
    {
      "word": "dismal fate"
    },
    {
      "word": "dismal weather"
    },
    {
      "word": "dismal news"
    },
    {
      "word": "dismal condition"
    },
    {
      "word": "dismal history"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "der"
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      "name": "der"
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    }
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      "form": "most dismal",
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          "inadequate"
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "The storm made for a dismal weekend",
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          "bleak"
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          "text": "She was lost in dismal thoughts of despair",
          "type": "example"
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        "Depressing, dreary, cheerless."
      ],
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          "depressing"
        ]
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɪzməl/"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "neradostný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "neuspokojivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "surkea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "lamentable"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "misérable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "unzureichend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "unzulänglich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "jämmerlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "kläglich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "miserabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "nirāśājnak",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "निराशाजनक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "elszomorító"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "sikertelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "inadequado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "dezamagitor de inadecvat"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "mísero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "miserable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "triste"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "berbat"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mráčen",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "мра́чен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "chmurný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "neradostný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "akelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "synkkä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "surullinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "ankea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "morne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "lugubre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "traurig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "trübe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "trostlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "freudlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "düster"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "finster"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "trist"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "trüb"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "fade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "fad"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "trübselig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "trübsinnig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "manhūs",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "मनहूस"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vīrān",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "वीरान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sunsān",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "सुनसान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ujāṛ",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "उजाड़"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "laqdaq",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "लक़दक़"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tamasvī",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "तमस्वी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tamomay",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "तमोमय"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "phīkā",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "फीका"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "rūkhā",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "रूखा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "malin",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "मलिन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "szomorú"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "sötét"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "bús"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eumchimhada",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "음침하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "funestus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "poururu"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "stusslig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "note": "of sounds",
      "roman": "acı",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "آجی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "sombrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mráčnyj",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "мра́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ugrjúmyj",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "угрю́мый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "unýlyj",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "уны́лый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "triste"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "english": "e.g of weather",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "kasvetli"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tǎ́žen",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "тъ́жен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uníl",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "уни́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "deprimující"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "depresivní"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "chmurný"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "surullinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "synkeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "synkkä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "déprimant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "unglücklich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "deprimiert"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "deprimierend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "traurig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "trostlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "freudlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "düster"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "finster"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "trist"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "trübselig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "trübsinnig"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "medake",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מדכא"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "szomorú"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "lehangoló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "gyászos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "komor"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "vigasztalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "note": "of sounds",
      "roman": "acı",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "آجی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "deprimant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gnetúščij",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "гнету́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "unýlyj",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "уны́лый"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "brònach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "deprimente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dismal"
}

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