All 3 Uses of
dismal
in
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out.
Chpt 1dismal = depressing or gloomy
- If you think it ain't dismal and lonesome out in a fog that way by yourself in the night, you try it once—you'll see.
Chpt 15 *
- It was the first I ever see it growing, and it made the woods look solemn and dismal.
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(dismal) of terrible quality or depressing; or dark and dreary (as when bad weather blocks the sun or when it is drizzly)