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1 dismal
adjectivetrist; düster; trostlos [Landschaft, Ort]; (coll.): (feeble) kläglich [Zustand, Leistung, Versuch]a dismal failure — ein völliger Reinfall (ugs.)
* * *['dizməl]- academic.ru/21086/dismally">dismally* * *dis·mal[ˈdɪzməl]\dismal expression finsterer Gesichtsausdruck2. (dreary) trostlos\dismal outlook trübe Aussicht\dismal weather trübes Wettera \dismal failure ein großer Reinfall\dismal truth bittere Wahrheit\dismal weather grässliches [o scheußliches] Wetter* * *['dIzməl]adjit makes dismal reading — es ist bedrückend zu lesen
the dismal state of the economy — die miserable Wirtschaftslage
* * *dismal [ˈdızməl]A adj1. düster, trüb(e), trostlos, bedrückend:the dismal science hum die Volkswirtschaft2. furchtbar, schrecklich, grässlich3. obs unheilvollB s US (Küsten)Sumpf m* * *adjectivetrist; düster; trostlos [Landschaft, Ort]; (coll.): (feeble) kläglich [Zustand, Leistung, Versuch]a dismal failure — ein völliger Reinfall (ugs.)
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2 dismal
\dismal expression finsterer Gesichtsausdruck2) ( dreary) trostlos;\dismal outlook trübe Aussicht;\dismal weather trübes Wettera \dismal failure ein großer Reinfall;\dismal truth bittere Wahrheit;\dismal weather grässliches [o scheußliches] Wetter
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