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dismal
adjective as in bleak, dreary, gloomy
Weak matches
- afflictive
- black
- boring
- cheerless
- cloudy
- dark
- depressed
- desolate
- despondent
- dingy
- disagreeable
- dispiriting
- doleful
- dolorous
- forlorn
- frowning
- funereal
- gruesome
- hopeless
- in the pits
- inauspicious
- joyless
- lonesome
- lowering
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- monotonous
- morbid
- oppressive
- overcast
- shadowy
- somber
- sorrowful
- tedious
- tenebrous
- troublesome
- unfortunate
- unhappy
Example Sentences
On paper, a world where one kills to work sounds like a dismal dystopian thriller.
The long-running "Plook on the Plinth" Carbuncle Award for "the most dismal town in Scotland" has been scrapped following a backlash from its latest recipient.
His side delivered another dismal display in a 3-0 derby defeat at Manchester City on Sunday, with many supporters in the away end leaving long before the final whistle.
France had fought back to beat Ireland 18-13 in similarly dismal weather conditions earlier in the day to book their own place in the last four.
We asked for Rangers fans to share their thoughts after another dismal outing:
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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