"dismal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɪzməl/ Audio: en-us-dismal.ogg 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, {{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.
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  2. Disappointingly inadequate. Translations (disappointingly inadequate): neradostný (Czech), neuspokojivý (Czech), tristní (Czech), katastrofální (Czech), žalostný (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)
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  3. Causing despair; gloomy and bleak. Translations (gloomy and bleak): мра́чен (mráčen) (Bulgarian), chmurný (Czech), neradostný (Czech), bezútěšný (Czech), neutěšený (Czech), pochmurný (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), whakapoururu (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)
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  4. Depressing, dreary, cheerless. Translations (depressing): тъ́жен (tǎ́žen) (Bulgarian), уни́л (uníl) (Bulgarian), deprimující (Czech), depresivní (Czech), chmurný (Czech), pochmurný (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)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dismal Dora, dismal Jimmy, dismal science

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
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    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
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      "word": "dismal Dora"
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    {
      "word": "dismal Jimmy"
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          "text": "So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all. It looked like a tomb and smelt pretty nigh as musty and dead-and-gone.",
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "neradostný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "neuspokojivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "tristní"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "katastrofální"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "žalostný"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "elszomorító"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "sikertelen"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "inadequado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "dezamagitor de inadecvat"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "mísero"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "miserable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "triste"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "disappointingly inadequate",
      "word": "berbat"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "мра́чен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "chmurný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "neradostný"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
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      "word": "bezútěšný"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
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      "word": "neutěšený"
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      "code": "fi",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "ankea"
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    {
      "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",
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "finster"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "trist"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "trüb"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "fade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "fad"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "trübselig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
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      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "मनहूस"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "vīrān",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "वीरान"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sunsān",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "सुनसान"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "ujāṛ",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "उजाड़"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "laqdaq",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "लक़दक़"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "tamasvī",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "तमस्वी"
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    {
      "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",
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      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "sötét"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "bús"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "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": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "gloomy and bleak",
      "word": "whakapoururu"
    },
    {
      "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",
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      "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"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "word": "тъ́жен"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "uníl",
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      "word": "уни́л"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "deprimující"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "depresivní"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "chmurný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "depressing",
      "word": "pochmurný"
    },
    {
      "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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