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Dismal
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1. Something that is dismal is bad in a sad or depressing way. It was a dismal failure. ADJ • dismally He failed dismally in his opening match. ADV 2. Something that is dismal is sad and depressing, especially in appearance. The main part of the hospital is pretty dismal but the children’s ward is really lively. = dreary ADJ
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from ~, noun, days marked as unlucky in medieval calendars, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin dies mali, literally, evil days Date: 15th century 1. obsolete disastrous, dreadful 2. showing or causing gloom or depression 3. lacking merit ; particularly bad a ~ performance • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, dreary, bleak, gloomy, cheerless, desolate mean devoid of cheer or comfort. ~ indicates extreme and utterly depressing gloominess ~ weather. dreary often interchangeable with ~, emphasizes discouragement resulting from sustained dullness or futility a dreary job. bleak suggests chill, dull, and barren characteristics that utterly dishearten the bleak years of the depression. gloomy often suggests lack of hope or promise gloomy war news. cheerless stresses absence of anything cheering a drab and cheerless office. desolate adds an element of utter remoteness or lack of human contact to any already disheartening aspect a desolate outpost. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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 adv. dismalness n. Etymology: orig. noun = unlucky days: ME f. AF dis mal f. med.L dies mali two days in each month held to be unpropitious ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. (the dismals) обыкн. pl. разг. мрачное настроение, уныние 2. гнетущий, давящий; зловещий dismal weather —- гнетущая (тяжелая) погода dismal sound —- заунывный звук dismal prophecy —- зловещее предсказание dismal facts —- удручающие факты 3. мрачный, темный, унылый dismal rooms —- мрачные комнаты 4. печальный, унылый; угрюмый, подавленный dismal face —- угрюмое лицо dismal mood —- подавленное (угнетенное) настроение in a dismal voice —- упавшим голосом 5. редк. катастрофический, бедственный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. 1) мрачный; унылый - dismal prospects 2) печальный; угрюмый - dismal mood 3) гнетущий dismal weather - мрачная, гнетущая погода Syn: cheerless, depressing, dour, forbidding, grim see miserable Ant: bright, cheerful, gay, joyous, optimistic, promising, uplifting 2. noun (the dismals) pl. подавленное настроение; печальные обстоятельства DISMAL mood подавленное настроение DISMAL prospects мрачные перспективы ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 a dismal place, situation, thought etc has nothing pleasant in it and makes it difficult for you to feel happy and hopeful (The future looks pretty dismal right now. | a dismal, grey November afternoon) 2 bad and unsuccessful (Your record so far is pretty dismal. | be a dismal failure) (His scheme was a dismal failure.) - dismally adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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