dismal

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Disastrous, calamitous.
2. Disappointingly inadequate.
3. Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
4. Depressing, dreary, cheerless.

Noun

A dreary swamp in eastern North Carolina or Virginia in the United States.

Sinonieme

dreary

miserable

bleak

gloomy

sad

☹️

nasty

horrible

dark

gaunt

somber

grim

wretched

meager

abject

cheerless

poor

ghastly

pitiful

joyless

mournful

depressing

grisly

blue

sullen

disconsolate

sombre

unenviable

hideous

trite

commonplace

dingy

dim

bad

👎

obscure

dull

lugubrious

awful

drear

dreadful

drab

dour

black

terrible

despondent

desolate

depressed

melancholic

morose

drearily

harsh

Vertalings

tetro

triste

☹️

erbarmelijk

triste

☹️

melancólico

☹️

sombre

morne

schamel

somber

povero

naargeestig

lastimável

fosco

misérable

maussade

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈdɪzməl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: dismal

In summary

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”).