Толковый словарь английского языка - dismal
Dismal
dismal
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 disastrous , dreadful , showing or causing gloom or depression, lacking merit ; particularly bad , ~ly adverb ~ness noun Synonyms: see: ~
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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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