Dismal is an English word with synonyms like blue or dreary. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Dismal meaning
- Disastrous, calamitous.
- Disappointingly inadequate.
- Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
Synonyms of Dismal
Using Dismal
- The main meaning on this page is: Disastrous, calamitous. | Disappointingly inadequate. | Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
- Useful related words include: blue, cheerless, dreary, drear.
- In the example corpus, dismal often appears in combinations such as: the dismal, after dismal, in dismal.
Context around Dismal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dismal
- In this selection, "dismal" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, utterly, generally, endured, 2022, opening and rotten stand out and add context to how "dismal" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include address the dismal state of and after a dismal 2022 hindi. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dismal" sits close to words such as affluent, assign and austerity, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dismal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Admittedly, our record in this regard is dismal. (8 words)
Can Pixel 7a help Google improve its dismal India smartphone market share? (12 words)
After much anticipation,Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honeydebuts to a dismal Rotten Tomatoes score. (15 words)
Brought on with 10 minutes left and little to lose, the Melbourne Mullet sparked Australia’s best attacking waves all night to end a dismal day on a bright note, kicking infield for Koroibete then backing up to scoot 50-metres for a terrific try. (45 words)
But it wasn't long before Desprez cut the overall deficit back to 3-2 following a dismal decision to come out and clear his lines with a howler of a header. (32 words)
His priorities will make your heart sing: end regulatory capture, begin to dismantle the American empire, address the dismal state of American health, and most importantly, protect and restore our environment. (31 words)
Can Pixel 7a help Google improve its dismal India smartphone market share? (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
Admittedly, our record in this regard is dismal.
After a dismal 2022, Hindi cinema had an impressive start in 2023 with Shah Rukh Khan-led “Pathaan” in January.
After all it was an utterly dismal opening 45 minutes for the visitors, who simply could not handle 's constant bombardment down the right-hand side.
After much anticipation,Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honeydebuts to a dismal Rotten Tomatoes score.
Anti-government protests in government-held areas have been driven by a fuel price hike on top of the generally dismal economic situation in war-torn Syria.
Brazil, who needed three points, were left to lament a slew of missed chances in a dismal end to Marta’s sixth and final World Cup.
Brought on with 10 minutes left and little to lose, the Melbourne Mullet sparked Australia’s best attacking waves all night to end a dismal day on a bright note, kicking infield for Koroibete then backing up to scoot 50-metres for a terrific try.
But it wasn't long before Desprez cut the overall deficit back to 3-2 following a dismal decision to come out and clear his lines with a howler of a header.
But Schlittler, who has been a primary leader of the Flames for multiple seasons, has stepped up, making light of the dismal situation any way he can.
Can Pixel 7a help Google improve its dismal India smartphone market share?
Chelsea and Liverpool, meanwhile, have endured dismal campaigns to slip into mid-table positions, but the slumps are only expected to be temporary.
Chelsea go into Saturday's clash at the King Power Stadium with some indications that their dismal form is behind them after beating Leeds and Borussia Dortmund.
Codex DNA is now known as Telesis Bio () and its share price performance since that deal was announced has been dismal - shares are down ~70%.
Due to public anger over the My Number insurance card problems, Kishida’s poll numbers this month are dismal.
Even Amitabh was forced to play his age after a dismal 90’s as a hero.
Fine Gael has distributed a leaflet in the Taoiseach’s constituency that shows dismal rates for the routine detection of crime.
Following a dismal run under Potter, Chelsea have won their last three games and will look to continue their revival against relegation-battlers Everton on Saturday.
God knows we have had very dismal records on that – from agriculture to textile to steel.
His priorities will make your heart sing: end regulatory capture, begin to dismantle the American empire, address the dismal state of American health, and most importantly, protect and restore our environment.
However, the sad truth is when we open our newspapers, turn on the TV or search our internet sites, we are inundated with large amounts of negative and dismal news.
Common combinations with dismal
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the dismal 21×
- after dismal 13×
- in dismal 10×
- with dismal 8×
- dismal start 8×
- their dismal 7×
- dismal performance 7×
- to dismal 6×
- its dismal 6×
- been dismal 6×