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dismaladjective causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheera suitably dismal setting for a haunted house black, bleak, cheerless, chill, Cimmerian, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire, disconsolate, drear, dreary, dreich(chiefly Scottish), elegiac(also elegiacal), forlorn, funereal, gloomy, glum, godforsaken, gray(also grey), lonely, lonesome, lugubrious, miserable, morbid, morose, murky, plutonian, saturnine, sepulchral, solemn, somber(or sombre), sullen, sunless, tenebrific, tenebrous, wretched blue, dejected, depressed, despondent, down, droopy, hangdog, inconsolable, low, melancholic, melancholy, mirthless, sad, unhappy, woebegone, woefuldim, discomfiting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, dispiriting, distressful, distressing, upsettingdesperate, hopeless, pessimisticlamentable, mournful, plaintive, sorrowfulcolorless, drab, dulldour, grim, lowering(also louring), lowery(also loury), menacing, negative, oppressive, threatening bright, cheerful, cheering, cheery, comforting, cordial, festive, friendly, gay, heartwarming, sunshiny blithe, blithesome, buoyant, gay, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, merry, mirthfulencouraging, hopeful, optimisticlighthearted, lightsome causing unhappinessthe dismal failure of our hopes for the championship depressing, drear, dreary, heartbreaking, heartrending, melancholy, mournful, pathetic, sad, saddening, sorry, tearful, teary deplorable, distressful, grievous, lamentable, unfortunate, woefuldiscomforting, discomposing, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, perturbingaffecting, moving, poignant, touchingdiscouraging, disheartening, dispiriting cheering, cheery, glad, happy heartening, heartwarming, inspiring, stimulating, stirring, upliftingagreeable, delightful, enjoyable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, welcomeexhilarating, thrilling extremely unsatisfactorythe quarterback's dismal performance suggested that he had not fully recovered from his recent injury atrocious, awful, execrable, horrible, lousy, punk, rotten, sucky(slang), terrible, wretched bad, deficient, inferior, off, poor, substandard, wantingcontemptible, miserable, shamefuldefective, faulty, flawedlow-grade, mediocre, reprehensible, second-ratebum, useless, valueless, worthlessinadequate, insufficient, lackingabominable, damnable, fiendish, odious, vile bitchin'(slang), great, marvelous(or marvellous), wonderful choice, excellent, exceptional, first-class, first-rate, premium, prime, superioradequate, sufficientacceptable, satisfactory dismal, dreary, bleak, gloomy, cheerless, desolate mean devoid of cheer or comfort.dismal indicates extreme and utterly depressing gloominess.dismal weather dreary, often interchangeable with dismal, emphasizes discouragement resulting from sustained dullness or futility.a dreary job bleak suggests chill, dull, and barren characteristics that utterly dishearten.the bleak years of the depression gloomy often suggests lack of hope or promise.gloomy war news cheerless stresses absence of anything cheering.a drab and cheerless office desolate adds an element of utter remoteness or lack of human contact to any already disheartening aspect.a desolate outpost in the 15th century |