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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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forgotten

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /f????t.n?/
    (New England) IPA(key): /f????t.n?/, /f????t.n?/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f????t.n?/
  • ,
  • Rhymes: -?t?n
  • Hyphenation: for?got?ten

Adjective

forgotten (comparative more forgotten, superlative most forgotten)

  1. Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.

Translations

Verb

forgotten

  1. past participle of forget

Noun

forgotten (plural forgottens)

  1. A person or thing that has been forgotten.

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