All dismal synonyms
disΒ·mal
D d adj dismal
- bleak β If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve.
- disheartening β to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- dim β DIM statement
- horrid β such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.
- murky β dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
- discouraging β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- sad β Systems Analysis Definition
- depressing β Something that is depressing makes you feel sad and disappointed.
- ghastly β shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder.
- horrible β causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- miserable β wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- dull β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- boring β Someone or something boring is so dull and uninteresting that they make people tired and impatient.
- cheerless β Cheerless places or weather are dull and depressing.
- cloudy β If it is cloudy, there are a lot of clouds in the sky.
- dark β When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
- depressed β If you are depressed, you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
- desolate β A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
- despondent β If you are despondent, you are very unhappy because you have been experiencing difficulties that you think you will not be able to overcome.
- dingy β of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness.
- disagreeable β contrary to one's taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.
- doleful β sorrowful; mournful; melancholy: a doleful look on her face.
- dolorous β full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful: a dolorous melody; dolorous news.
- forlorn β desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
- funereal β of or suitable for a funeral.
- gruesome β causing great horror; horribly repugnant; grisly: the site of a gruesome murder.
- hopeless β providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- inauspicious β not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- joyless β without joy or gladness; unhappy: the joyless days of the war.
- lonesome β depressed or sad because of the lack of friends, companionship, etc.; lonely: to feel lonesome.
- lowering β comparative of low1 .
- lugubrious β mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- melancholy β sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- monotonous β lacking in variety; tediously unvarying: the monotonous flat scenery.
- morbid β suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- oppressive β burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- overcast β overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy: an overcast day.
- shadowy β resembling a shadow in faintness, slightness, etc.: shadowy outlines.
- somber β gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- sorrowful β full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.
- tedious β event: dull
- tenebrous β dark; gloomy; obscure.
- troublesome β causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.
- unfortunate β suffering from bad luck: an unfortunate person.
- unhappy β sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
- afflictive β causing pain or misery
- dispiriting β to deprive of spirit, hope, enthusiasm, etc.; depress; discourage; dishearten.