dismal
adjective
causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy.
dismalness
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a word derived from
dismal.
Example Sentences
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Seahawks coach Pete Carroll admitted the two plays added to the dismalness of the day.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
But instead of A Taste of Honey’s kitchen-sink dismalness, the era is depicted in sumptuous colour, all sharp suits, svelte frocks and fag ash in the vol-au-vents.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2020
However, the effervescence of their music contrasts with the churlish dismalness of a Britain slowly converging on war.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 3, 2013
In his absence England had been dismal, foreshadowing the approaching generational dismalness of the 1990s.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2010
A few fishermen in their oilskins seemed to emphasise the wetness and dismalness of England as they hurried down to the harbour in their great sea-boots.
From Dross by Henry Seton Merriman
