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dismal (the dismals)s

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  • dismal — adj. 1 causing or showing gloom; miserable. 2 dreary or sombre (dismal brown walls). 3 colloq. feeble or inept (a dismal performance). Phrases and idioms: the dismals colloq. melancholy. the dismal science joc. economics. Derivatives: dismally… …   Useful english dictionary

  • dismal — /ˈdɪzməl / (say dizmuhl) adjective 1. causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy. 2. terrible; dreadful. –noun 3. (usually plural) Colloquial gloom; melancholy; dumps: in the dismals. 4. something dismal. {Middle English… …  

  • dismal trade —    the arranging of funerals for payment    Literally, dismal means dreary:     There was no reason to believe the bigvolume concerns will demonstrate a more tender regard for the pocket books of their customers than has traditionally been the… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • dismal — ► ADJECTIVE 1) causing or showing gloom or depression. 2) informal pitifully or disgracefully bad. DERIVATIVES dismally adverb. ORIGIN from obsolete dismals, the two days in each month which in medieval times were believed to be unlucky, from Old …   English terms dictionary

  • dismal — [ dɪzm(ə)l] adjective 1》 causing or showing gloom or depression; dreary. 2》 informal pitifully or disgracefully bad: a dismal performance. Phrases the dismal science humorous economics. Derivatives dismally adverb dismalness …   English new terms dictionary

  • dismally — dismal ► ADJECTIVE 1) causing or showing gloom or depression. 2) informal pitifully or disgracefully bad. DERIVATIVES dismally adverb. ORIGIN from obsolete dismals, the two days in each month which in medieval times were believed to be unlucky,… …   English terms dictionary

  • Phil Campbell, Alabama — Infobox Settlement official name = Phil Campbell, Alabama settlement type = Town imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location in Franklin County and the state of Alabama mapsize1 = map …   Wikipedia

  • Dejection — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dejection >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dejection dejection Sgm: N 1 dejectedness dejectedness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 depression depression prosternation| Sgm: N 1 lowness of spirits lowness of spirits depression of… …   English dictionary for students

  • melancholy — [adj] depressed, sad blue*, dejected, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, doleful, dolorous, down*, down and out*, downbeat, downcast, downhearted, down in the dumps*, down in the mouth*, dragged, droopy, funereal, gloomy,… …   New thesaurus

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