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Synonyms
dis·mal (dĭźməl)

[Middle English, unlucky days, unlucky, from Anglo-Norman, unlucky days, from Medieval Latin diēs malī, Latin diēs pl. of diēs, day, + Latin malī pl. of malus, evil.]

adjective 

  1. Causing gloom or depression; dreary: dismal weather; took a dismal view of the economy.
  2. Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit: a dismal book; a dismal performance on the cello.
  3. Obsolete Dreadful; disastrous.

noun 

Chiefly South Atlantic U.S. See pocosin

derivatives

diśmal·ly
adverb
diśmal·ness
noun
po·co·sin (pə-kṓsĭn)

[Possibly of Virginia Algonquian origin.]

noun 

Chiefly South Atlantic U.S.
A swamp in an upland coastal region. Also called dismal