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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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hopeless

English

Etymology

hope +? -less, compare Swedish hopplös.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?ho?pl?s/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??pl?s/
  • Hyphenation: hope?less

Adjective

hopeless (comparative more hopeless, superlative most hopeless)

  1. Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
  2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
  3. Without talent, not skilled.
    He's a hopeless writer, but can draw very well.
  4. (of an adverse condition) Incurable.
    She is a hopeless romantic.
    He is a hopeless idler.

Usage notes

  • Nouns to which "hopeless" is often applied: case, situation, romantic, love, cause, person, despair, life, undertaking, alcoholic, man, endeavor, place, pain, agony, project.

Synonyms

  • desperate
  • unhopeful

Antonyms

  • hopeful

Translations

References

  • hopeless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • hopeless in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • hopeless at OneLook Dictionary Search

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