dismal

 
  Overview  of  adj  dismal 
 
  The  adj  dismal  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  dingy,  dismal,  drab,  drear,  dreary,  gloomy,  sorry  --  (depressing  in  character  or  appearance;  "drove  through  dingy  streets";  "the  dismal  prison  twilight"-  Charles  Dickens;  "drab  old  buildings";  "a  dreary  mining  town";  "gloomy  tenements";  "sorry  routine  that  follows  on  the  heels  of  death"-  B.A.Williams) 
  2.  blue,  dark,  depressing,  disconsolate,  dismal,  dispiriting,  gloomy,  grim  --  (causing  dejection;  "a  blue  day";  "the  dark  days  of  the  war";  "a  week  of  rainy  depressing  weather";  "a  disconsolate  winter  landscape";  "the  first  dismal  dispiriting  days  of  November";  "a  dark  gloomy  day";  "grim  rainy  weather") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  dismal 
 
  2  senses  of  dismal 
 
  Sense  1 
  dingy,  dismal,  drab,  drear,  dreary,  gloomy,  sorry 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  cheerless)  ->  cheerful 
 
  Sense  2 
  blue,  dark,  depressing,  disconsolate,  dismal,  dispiriting,  gloomy,  grim 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  cheerless)  ->  cheerful 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  dismal 
 
  2  senses  of  dismal 
 
  Sense  1 
  dingy,  dismal,  drab,  drear,  dreary,  gloomy,  sorry 
  =>  cheerless  (vs.  cheerful),  uncheerful 
 
  Sense  2 
  blue,  dark,  depressing,  disconsolate,  dismal,  dispiriting,  gloomy,  grim 
  =>  cheerless  (vs.  cheerful),  uncheerful 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  dismal 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  dismal 
 
  dismal  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  dismal 
  dismal 
 
  Overview  of  adj  dismal 
 
  The  adj  dismal  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  dingy,  dismal,  drab,  drear,  dreary,  gloomy,  sorry  --  (depressing  in  character  or  appearance;  "drove  through  dingy  streets";  "the  dismal  prison  twilight"-  Charles  Dickens;  "drab  old  buildings";  "a  dreary  mining  town";  "gloomy  tenements";  "sorry  routine  that  follows  on  the  heels  of  death"-  B.A.Williams) 
  2.  blue,  dark,  depressing,  disconsolate,  dismal,  dispiriting,  gloomy,  grim  --  (causing  dejection;  "a  blue  day";  "the  dark  days  of  the  war";  "a  week  of  rainy  depressing  weather";  "a  disconsolate  winter  landscape";  "the  first  dismal  dispiriting  days  of  November";  "a  dark  gloomy  day";  "grim  rainy  weather") 

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