dismal
/ˈdɪzməl/ adjective C1- Disastrous, calamitous.
- Disappointingly inadequate. · He received a dismal compensation.
- Causing despair; gloomy and bleak. · The storm made for a dismal weekend
- Depressing, dreary, cheerless. · She was lost in dismal thoughts of despair
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There, there, child, don’t look so dismal.
That was a dismal morning.
That dinner was a very dismal meal.
With a dismal sigh she went for the scissors.
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