dismal

Definition of dismal in English English dictionary: Gloomy and bleak
The storm made for a dismal weekend.; Disappointingly inadequate
He received a dismal compensation.; Depressing
She was lost in dismal thoughts of despair.; {a} terrible, dark, gloomy, sorrowful; Something that is dismal is sad and depressing, especially in appearance. The main part of the hospital is pretty dismal but the children's ward is really lively. = dreary; blue; Gloomy to the eye or ear; sorrowful and depressing to the feelings; foreboding; cheerless; dull; dreary; as, a dismal outlook; dismal stories; a dismal place; Something that is dismal is bad in a sad or depressing way. It was a dismal failure. + dismally dis·mal·ly He failed dismally in his opening match; {s} gloomy, cheerless, depressing, sad; Fatal; ill-omened; unlucky; 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"; depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B A Williams
dismal science: Economics or the field of political economy
Two Dismal Sciences: Economics and National Security—Writing during World War II, J. B. Condliffe lamented, Economists have not contributed in very large measure to the recent outpouring of publications on the causes, conduct, and consequences of war. By the turn of the millennium, however, the situation had changed.
Dismal Swamp: or Great Dismal Swamp Wetland region, southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, U.S. Despite much lumbering and widespread destruction by fire, the area is still heavily wooded. About 30 mi (48 km) long and 10 mi (16 km) wide, it is home to many rare birds and numerous poisonous snakes. Noted for its fishing and hunting, it is traversed by the Dismal Swamp Canal, part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
dismal science: {i} economics (Slang term); "political economy" (humorous British term)
dismally: {a} horribly, gloomily, sorrowfully
dismally: In a dismal manner
dismally: gloomily, sadly, cheerlessly
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"
dismally: In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably