dismal

Etymology
From, , from , from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) Disastrous, calamitous
 * 2) Disappointingly inadequate.
 * 3) Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
 * 4) Depressing, dreary, cheerless.
 * 1) Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
 * 2) Depressing, dreary, cheerless.
 * 1) Depressing, dreary, cheerless.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:cheerless

Collocations

 * dismal failure
 * dismal performance
 * dismal state
 * dismal record
 * dismal place
 * dismal result
 * dismal scene
 * dismal season
 * dismal year
 * dismal economy
 * dismal future
 * dismal fate
 * dismal weather
 * dismal news
 * dismal condition
 * dismal history

Translations

 * Czech: neradostný, neuspokojivý
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, , , ,
 * Hindi: निराशाजनक
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: dezamagitor de inadecvat
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: chmurný, neradostný
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, , , , , , , , , , ,
 * Hindi:, , , , लक़दक़, , , , ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Korean: 음침하다
 * Latin: funestus
 * Maori: poururu, whakapoururu
 * Norwegian:
 * Ottoman Turkish: آجی
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech: deprimující, depresivní, chmurný
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:, , , , , , , , , ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Ottoman Turkish: آجی
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: brònach
 * Spanish: deprimente