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dismal

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

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depressed

English

Etymology

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

  • (US, UK) IPA(key): /d??p??st/

Verb

depressed

  1. simple past tense and past participle of depress

Adjective

depressed (comparative more depressed, superlative most depressed)

  1. unhappy; despondent
    1. Suffering from clinical depression.
  2. Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.

Synonyms

  • despondent
  • emo (informal, sometimes pejorative)
  • gloomy
  • melancholy
  • miserable
  • sad
  • unhappy

Antonyms

  • cheerful

Derived terms

  • depressedly
  • depressedness

Translations

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