| dismal | (adj) หดหู่, See also: สิ้นหวัง, ท้อแท้, Syn. funereal, somber, Ant. happy, joyful |
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| Dismal | a. [ Formerly a noun; An ugly fiend more foul than dismal day. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] Full well the busy whisper, circling round, A dismal description of an English November. Southey. |
| Dismally | adv. In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Dismalness | n. The quality of being dismal; gloominess. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| dismally | (adv) in a cheerless manner, Syn. drearily, Example: in August 1914 , there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future |
| dismally | (adv) in a dreadful manner, Syn. dreadfully, Example: as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed |