different between shambolic vs dismal

English

Etymology

shambles +? -o- +? -ic, in which the interconsonantal -o- avoids the /mbl/ consonant cluster. Possibly influenced by symbolic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?am?b?l?k/
• (General American) enPR: sh?m(')b?l??k, IPA^(key): /(?)?æm?b?l?k/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?æm?b?l?k/
• Rhymes: -?l?k
• Hyphenation: sham?bol?ic

Adjective

shambolic (comparative more shambolic, superlative most shambolic)

1. Chaotic, disorganised or mismanaged. [from 1952]

Derived terms

• shambolically
• shambolism

Related terms

• omnishambles
• sham
• shambles

Translations

Further reading

• “shambolic”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
• “shambolic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• choliambs

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