Both Uses of
dismal
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- The dismal quarter of Soho seen under these changing glimpses, with its muddy ways, and slatternly passengers, and its lamps, which had never been extinguished or had been kindled afresh to combat this mournful re-invasion of darkness, seemed, in the lawyer's eyes, like a district of some city in a nightmare.†
p. 32..1
- A dismal screech, as of mere animal terror, rang from the cabinet.†
p. 63..7 *
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)