| 单词 | dismal |
| 释义 | dismal —dismally, adv. —dismalness, dismality, n. /diz"meuhl/, adj. 1. causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather. 2. characterized by ineptness or lack of skill, competence, effectiveness, imagination, or interest; pitiful: Our team played a dismal game. 3. Obs. a. disastrous; calamitous. b. unlucky; sinister. n. 4. Southern U.S. a tract of swampy land, usually along the coast. [1275-1325; ME dismale unlucky time, dismol day one of two days in each month considered unlucky (hence later taken as adj.) < AF dis mal < ML dies mali lit., evil days] Syn. 2. hopeless, abysmal, dreadful. Ant. 1. cheerful; gay. |
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