different between dismal vs lonely

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

English

Etymology

From lone +? -ly, or from an apheretic shortening of alonely. See lone.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??nli/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?lo?nli/

Adjective

lonely (comparative lonelier, superlative loneliest)

1. Unhappy because of feeling isolated from contact with other people.
2. (of a place or time) Unfrequented by people; desolate.
3. (of a person) Without companions; solitary.

Synonyms

• (dejected): lonesome
• (unfrequented by people): desolate, desert, empty, unpeopled, unpopulated
• (without companions): solitary, alone, unaccompanied

Related terms

• lone

Translations

Anagrams

• Nolley