Definition of Dismal

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Definition of Dismal
	Dismal Fatal; ill-omened; unlucky. 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. Related Definitions: And, As, Cheerless, Depressing, Dismal, Dreary, Dull, Ear, Eye, Fatal, Foreboding, Gloomy, Ill-Omened, Or, Outlook, Place, Sorrowful, Stories, The, To, Unlucky

Dismal Quotations

Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.
Henry Van Dyke

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.
Brendan Behan

This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters in Edinburgh could be rather dismal.
Paul Nurse

On a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey.
Karl Philipp Moritz

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long.
Shawn Colvin

Iran has a dismal record on human rights.
Howard Berman

Dismal Translations

dismal in Afrikaans is alledaags, donker, onaangenaam
dismal in Finnish is surullinen
dismal in Italian is spaventoso, abominevole, orrendo, fosco
dismal in Norwegian is sturen
dismal in Spanish is triste, lobrego
dismal in Swedish is kuslig, sorglig, ruskig

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