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# dismal

«dismal» in Mova's school dictionary: **dark, gloomy, sad and dreary; not cheerful at all** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more dismal, the most dismal)

### meaning for a pupil

Dismal means dark, gloomy, sad and dreary; not cheerful at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dismal/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a dark dwelling or a dreary place with a sad mood; in ordinary talk, a cold, grey day.

### examples

- The cellar was dark and dismal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dismal/#x1)
- What a dismal day for a picnic! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dismal/#x2)
- The dismal room had no windows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dismal/#x3)
- The rain made the town look dismal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dismal/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dismal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dismal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.