亚洲网紅露点

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dismal

[ diz-muhl ]

adjective

  1. causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy:

    dismal weather.

    Antonyms: ,

  2. characterized by ineptness or lack of skill, competence, effectiveness, imagination, or interest; pitiful:

    Our team played a dismal game.

    Synonyms: , ,

  3. Obsolete.
    1. disastrous; calamitous.
    2. unlucky; sinister.


noun

  1. Southern U.S. a tract of swampy land, usually along the coast.

dismal

/ 藞诲瑟锄尘蓹濒 /

adjective

  1. causing gloom or depression
  2. causing dismay or terror
  3. of poor quality or a low standard; feeble
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞诲颈蝉尘补濒苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 藞诲颈蝉尘补濒濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲颈蝉顎僲补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 诲颈蝉顎僲补濒路苍别蝉蝉 诲颈蝉路尘补濒顎僫路迟测 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of dismal1

First recorded in 1275鈥1325; Middle English dismale 鈥渦nlucky time,鈥 dismol day one of two days in each month considered unlucky (hence later taken as adjective), from Anglo-French dis mal, from Medieval Latin 诲颈脓蝉 mal墨, literally, 鈥渆vil days鈥; diary ( def ), mal- ( def )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of dismal1

C13: from dismal (noun) list of 24 unlucky days in the year, from Medieval Latin 诲颈脓蝉 mal墨 bad days, from Latin 诲颈脓蝉 day + malus bad
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Foreign policy and national security are both bleak and dismal nightmares.

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I take my hat off to Saints fans, because they have stuck with their team through such a dismal season - and maybe they will have something to celebrate when they play Leicester next week.

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"As you are not prepared to do that, I am therefore left to conclude that this summit is designed to deflect attention from your party's dismal record."

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All told, the Dodgers scored seven times, had nine batters reach base and chased M谩rquez from the game after 37 dismal pitches.

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England are yet to appoint a successor to Knight after she stepped down following this winter's dismal 16-0 Ashes defeat.

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