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Examples of dismal
dismal
Federal Election Commission records show a dismal picture for the next chairman.
From the washingtontimes.com
Two weeks worth of dismal weather finally left the area at the end of last week.
From the dailyherald.com
This morning, the Bureau of Labour Statistics released a dismal economic report.
From the economist.com
In the 20th century, he says, two bad assumptions crept into the dismal science.
From the time.com
Dismal ticket sales, bungled management and backbiting drama doomed the project.
From the newsobserver.com
Back in his office he rechecked a column of figures and got the same dismal sum.
From the theatlantic.com
It was looking like 2008 would be an even more dismal market than 2007 had been.
From the washingtontimes.com
A dismal year for property sales ends on a high note for one group of investors.
From the newsobserver.com
The right-hander is also looking to bounce from consecutive dismal performances.
From the charlotteobserver.com
- Blue: 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"
- (dismally) in a cheerless manner; "in August 1914 , there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future"
- (dismally) in a dreadful manner; "as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed"
- Disappointingly inadequate; Gloomy and bleak; Depressing
- Causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy.
- Depressing in character or appearance
