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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•mal /ˈdɪzməl/USA pronunciation adj. - causing gloom or dejection;
cheerless:a dismal little office. - lacking skill;
inept;
poorly done:a dismal effort by the basketball team.
dis•mal•ly, adv.: a dismally dreary day. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•mal (diz′məl),USA pronunciation adj. - causing gloom or dejection;
gloomy;
dreary;
cheerless;
melancholy:dismal weather. - characterized by ineptness or lack of skill, competence, effectiveness, imagination, or interest;
pitiful:Our team played a dismal game. - [Obs.]
- disastrous;
calamitous. - unlucky;
sinister.
n. - [Southern U.S.]a tract of swampy land, usually along the coast.
- Medieval Latin diēs malī literally, evil days
- Anglo-French dis mal
- Middle English dismale unlucky time, dismol day one of two days in each month considered unlucky (hence later taken as adjective, adjectival) 1275–1325
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hopeless, abysmal, dreadful.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cheerful; gay.
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