different between afflicted vs dismal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??fl?kt?d/
• Hyphenation: af?flict?ed

Verb

afflicted

1. simple past tense and past participle of afflict

Adjective

afflicted (comparative more afflicted, superlative most afflicted)

1. Suffering from an affliction, or suffering from pain, distress or disability.

Usage notes

Many people advise against describing a disabled person as being afflicted by the condition that relates to their status as a disabled person and suggest describing a disabled person as having or experiencing that condition instead.

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References

Scots

Verb

afflicted

1. past and past participle of afflict

Adjective

afflicted (comparative mair afflicted, superlative maist afflicted)

1. afflicted

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman dismal, from Old French (li) dis mals ("(the) bad days"), from Medieval Latin di?s (“day”) m?l? (“bad”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?zm?l/
• Rhymes: -?zm?l

Adjective

dismal (comparative more dismal, superlative most dismal)

1. Disastrous, calamitous
2. Disappointingly inadequate.
3. Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.

4. Depressing, dreary, cheerless.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "dismal" is often applied: failure, performance, state, record, place, result, scene, season, year, economy, future, fate, weather, news, condition, history.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:cheerless

Derived terms

• dismal science

Translations

Anagrams

• almids