Sunday, October 18, 2026
dismal
DIZ-muhl, adjective
Gloomy and depressing; disgracefully bad.
“The team’s dismal first half emptied half the stadium.”
Where dismal comes from
From the Latin for evil days, the unlucky ones marked on medieval calendars.
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