dismal /dizˈməl/

1. Gloomy
2. Dreary
3. Sorrowful
4. Lugubrious
5. Depressing
6. Of a very poor standard (informal)

1. Unlucky days (obsolete)
2. (with cap, usu in pl) a swamp (old US dialect)
3. A dismal person
4. (in pl) the dumps
5. (in pl) mournings (obsolete)

dismality /-malˈi-ti/ noun

disˈmally adverb

disˈmalness noun

dismal day noun (Spenser)

A day of ill omen

• beatae memoriae
• be at a loose end
• beat a record
• beat a retreat
• be at bay
• beatbox
• beatboxed
• beatboxes
• beatboxing
• beat down
• beat-'em-up
• beaten
• beater
• beaters
• beat generation
• beath
• beathed
• beathing
• beaths
• beatific
• beatifical
• beatifically
• beatification
• beatifications
• beatific vision