单词 | dismality |
释义 | dismalityn. Dismal quality or state; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > gloomy quality drear1563 dreariment1579 drearihead1591 cloudinessa1600 dismalness1620 dolesomeness1625 cheerlessnessa1631 joylessnessa1631 drearihood1647 clouding1654 dismality1723 dreariness1727 mirthlessness1727 sombre1795 undelighta1822 sombreness1847 sombrousness1847 unhomelikeness1858 drearness1861 comfortlessness1865 unhomeliness1879 1723 B. Mandeville Ess. Charity in Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 291 A Beggar..assists his Cant with a doleful Tone and a study'd dismality of Gestures. 1779 S. Burney Let. 25 Aug. in F. Burney Early Diary (1889) II. 264 After tea we took a comfortable walk, which made up for our late dismalities. 1867 M. E. Braddon Birds of Prey v. iii The desert of Sahara is somewhat dismal..but in its dismality there is at least a flavour of romance. 1890 H. M. Stanley Speech in Lit. World 11 July 33/2 The dismalities of the march from the Albert Nyanza to the East Coast. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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