dismalnessn.

Etymology: < dismal adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdismalness.

The quality of being dismal; depressing dreariness or gloom; dolefulness.

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

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote III. xxxiv. 245 The Night came on..not so light and calm..but a certain Dismalness it had.

1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 42 All the dismalnes..should be over, as soon as the interruption of those radiant rayes were remooved.

1832 Examiner 65/1 He is like to the raven in..the dismalness of his croak.

1879 W. Black Macleod of Dare xv The dismalness of being alone here..eats more and more into my heart.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	dismalness
释义	dismalnessn. Etymology: < dismal adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdismalness. The quality of being dismal; depressing dreariness or gloom; dolefulness. 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 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote III. xxxiv. 245 The Night came on..not so light and calm..but a certain Dismalness it had. 1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 42 All the dismalnes..should be over, as soon as the interruption of those radiant rayes were remooved. 1832 Examiner 65/1 He is like to the raven in..the dismalness of his croak. 1879 W. Black Macleod of Dare xv The dismalness of being alone here..eats more and more into my heart. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1620
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