Dismal

  • 61dismal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cheerless, depressing, gloomy; doleful, somber, funereal. See dejection.Ant., joyous, delightful. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Depressing] Syn. gloomy, dreary, melancholy, dark, cheerless, bleak,… …

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  • 62dismal — dis·mal || dɪzmÉ™l adj. gloomy, cheerless, depressing, sad …

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  • 63dismal — a. 1. Cheerless, gloomy, dark, dull, dreary, lonesome. 2. Melancholy, mournful, sad, doleful, dolorous, sombre, lugubrious, funereal. 3. Horrid, horrible, terrible, dire, frightful …

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  • 64dismal — adj 1. gloomy, cheerless, melancholy, depressing, somber, morose; dark, black, grim, solemn, funereal, bleak, lugubrious; blue, joyless, sad, unhappy, doleful, sorrowful, dolorous; drab, dull, cold, chilly; barren, desolate, austere, empty;… …

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  • 65dismal — dis·mal …

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  • 66dismal — dis•mal [[t]ˈdɪz məl[/t]] adj. 1) causing gloom or dejection; dreary; cheerless 2) characterized by ineptness or lack of skill or interest 3) Obs. calamitous 4) Southern U.S. a tract of swampy land • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME dismale unlucky time …

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  • 67dismal —   Kaumaha, ho okaumaha; pōlio (rare) …

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  • 68Municipio de Dismal (condado de Sampson, Carolina del Norte) — Dismal Municipio de los Estados Unidos …

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  • 69Dismal, gran pantano — Región pantanosa en el sudeste del estado de Virginia y el nordeste del estado de Carolina del Norte en EE.UU. A pesar de una explotación forestal intensa y destrucción generalizada a causa de los incendios, la región es todavía muy boscosa.… …

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  • 70DISMAL SCIENCE —    Carlyle s name for the political economy that with self complacency leaves everything to settle itself by the law of supply and demand, as if that were all the law and the prophets. The name is applied to every science that affects to dispense …

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