late Middle English: from earlier dismal(noun), denoting the two days in each month which in medieval times were believed to be unlucky, from Anglo-Norman French dis mal, from medieval Latin dies malievil days
英英釋義網絡釋義
noun
1.depressing in character or appearance;
drove through dingy streets
2.causing dejection;
a blue day
-dismal
1 . 陰沉的
...a time of austerity, that’s easier said than done.dismal陰沉的,不樂觀的accounting 這里表示盤點、統計
2 . 憂郁的
dislike 厭惡dismal憂郁的dismay 驚愕
3 . 慘淡
the autumn flowers dismal, the autumn grass yellow ., 秋花慘淡秋草黃.