Definitions for dismal

dismal dis·mal

Spelling: [diz-muh l]
IPA: /ˈdɪz məl/

Dismal is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 168 anagrams from letters in dismal (adilms).

Definitions for dismal

noun

  1. Southern U.S. a tract of swampy land, usually along the coast.

adjective

  1. causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy:
  2. characterized by ineptness or lack of skill, competence, effectiveness, imagination, or interest; pitiful:
  3. Obsolete. disastrous; calamitous. unlucky; sinister.

Origin of dismal

1275-1325; Middle English dismale unlucky time, dismol day one of two days in each month considered unlucky (hence later taken as adj.) Anglo-French dis mal Medieval Latin diēs malī literally

Examples for dismal

This illuminated the entire room, but in a partial and dismal manner.

But there was still a paper to get out in Washington, and I went there late in the afternoon to tackle the dismal job.

Many a dismal and unhappy tale might be wrought out of its other adventures.

She felt a dismal suspicion that this was going to daunt her.

The dismal Hecate did not much like the idea of going abroad into the sunny world.

Farewell to the dismal, blood-red phantom of martial renown!

It sounds like a dismal new episode of the new 24: Live Another Day.

GBM is a devastating diagnosis for a neurosurgeon to deliver to a patient and their family, one with a dismal outcome.

While it is sadly too late for Ms. Peña, there is hope beyond these dismal facts.

Ryan McGarry M.D., director of the documentary Code Black, addresses the dismal state of urgent care.

Word Value for dismal
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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