释义 |
ˈdismalize, v. [See -ize.] trans. To make or render dismal. Hence ˈdismalized ppl. a.
1734Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to Duchess of Portland (1809) I. 19 Dismal faces, which by my art I dismalized ten times more. 1885Masson Carlyle i. 26 A dull and dismalised blur of the facts. |