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What does dismal mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word dismal? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Disappointingly inadequate.
  2. Gloomy and bleak.
  3. Depressing.
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We knew we were in for a lashing from the press because to lose to the USA made us the laughing stocks of the game and really it was dismal.
Afternoon turned into evening, evening into a dismal, dark, rainswept night.
It was a dismal campaign characterised by public apathy and political evasiveness.
Recalling that dismal time, Iris stared at the crystal stem of her wine glass.
The popular Aussie made some abortive attempts at comebacks, with dismal results, and then turned to fulltime television golf commentaries.
With no rewards in the writing, the cinematography, and dismal acting, that's asking way too much.

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