dismal
adjective
causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy.
dismality
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a word derived from
dismal.
Example Sentences
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I always try to dress for the part, and the part just now is dismality.
From The Far Horizon by Lucas Malet
The desert of Sahara is somewhat dismal, I daresay; but in its dismality there is at least a flavour of romance, a smack of adventure.
From Birds of Prey by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
