Definition of dismal

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Dismal (a.) Gloomy to the eye or ear; sorrowful and depressing to the feelings; foreboding; cheerless; dull; dreary; as, a dismal outlook; dismal stories; a dismal place..

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Ghastly :: Ghastly (superl.) Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
Dire :: Dire (superl.) Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
Jackal :: "Jackal (n.) Any one of several species of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling..
Croak :: Croak (v. i.) To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound..
Drear :: Drear (a.) Dismal; gloomy with solitude.
Gloom :: Gloom (v. t.) To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen..
Dismally :: Dismally (adv.) In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal.
Waste :: Waste (a.) Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless..
Gloomy :: Gloomy (superl.) Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy..
Dismal :: Dismal (a.) Gloomy to the eye or ear; sorrowful and depressing to the feelings; foreboding; cheerless; dull; dreary; as, a dismal outlook; dismal stories; a dismal place..
Dreariness :: Dreariness (n.) Dismalness; gloomy solitude.
Drear :: Drear (n.) Sadness; dismalness.
Doleful :: Doleful (a.) Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.
Pitchy :: Pitchy (a.) Black; pitch-dark; dismal.
Glummy :: Glummy (a.) dark; gloomy; dismal.
Gloom :: Gloom (v. i.) To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight..
Black-browed :: Black-browed (a.) Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding.
Solitary :: Solitary (a.) Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert..
Ghastful :: Ghastful (a.) Fit to make one aghast; dismal.
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