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Disastrous, calamitous.
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Disappointingly inadequate.
- He received a dismal compensation.
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Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
- The storm made for a dismal weekend
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Depressing, dreary, cheerless.
- She was lost in dismal thoughts of despair
dismal
'dizmәl9 senses · 214 ms
Level B2GRETOEFL
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A dreary swamp in eastern North Carolina or Virginia in the United States.USdatedpossibly
- .[…] the proprietors of all the great unimproved tracts of Swamp lands will form themselves into Drainage Companies, by which method alone can we ever hope to witness the complete reclamation of the dismals of the seaboard. No reasonable do
- The term "Dismal" requires some clarification. At one time, all large swamps in eastern North Carolina were commonly referred to as "dismals," probably because they were so gloomy, dreary, and dark, and there are a lot of swamps or "dismals