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Definition of Dismal
1. Adjective. Causing dejection. "Grim rainy weather"
Similar to: Cheerless, Depressing, Uncheerful
Derivative terms: Dreariness
Definition of Dismal
1. a. Fatal; ill-omened; unlucky.
Definition of Dismal
1. Adjective. Disappointingly inadequate. ¹
2. Adjective. Gloomy and bleak. ¹
3. Adjective. Depressing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dismal
1. cheerless and depressing [adj -MALER, -MALEST] : DISMALLY [adv] / a track of swampy land [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dismal
Literary usage of Dismal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883)
"'A dismal WITNESS.' Following are Mrs. Trollope's emotions. She is writing a few
months later in the same year, 1827, and is coming in at the mouth of the ..."
2. The Writings of George Washington by George Washington (1889)
"In 1728 William Byrd noted that Norfolk had " a pretty deal of lumber from the
borderers on the dismal, who make bold with the king's land thereabouts, ..."
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