dis·mal 
(dĭzməl)
(dĭzməl)adj.
1. Causing gloom or depression; dreary: dismal weather; took a dismal view of the economy.
2. Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit: a dismal book; a dismal performance on the cello.
3. Obsolete Dreadful; disastrous.
n.
Chiefly South Atlantic US See pocosin.
[Middle English, unlucky days, unlucky, from Anglo-Norman, unlucky days, from Medieval Latin diēs malī : Latin diēs, pl. of diēs, day; see dyeu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + Latin malī, pl. of malus, evil; see mel-3 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
dismal·ly adv.
dismal·ness n.
- crystallizable
- crystallization
- crystallize
- crystallizer
- crystallo-
- crystallographer
- crystallographic
- crystallographical
- crystallographically
- crystallography
- crystalloid
- crystalloidal
- crystal pleat
- crystal radio
- crystal set
- crystal violet
- cry uncle
- cry up
- cry wolf
- crèche
- crème anglaise
- crème brûlée
- crème caramel
- crème de cacao
- crème de cassis