Definitions
Depressingly bad, gloomy, or bleak.
Word origin
From Middle English dismal, dismale, from Anglo-Norman dismal, from Old French (li) dis mals (“(the) bad days”), from Medieval Latin diēs malī (“bad days”).
Used in a sentence
“He received a dismal compensation.”
“Liverpool's efforts thereafter had an air of desperation as their dismal 2012 league form continued.”
“The storm made for a dismal weekend”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Depressingly bleak”6 letters
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