Both Uses of
dismal
in
The Two Towers
- Many doubted in their hearts, wondering to what dismal end their journey led.†
Chpt 3.8 *
- The air was now clearer and colder, and though still far off, the walls of Mordor were no longer a cloudy menace on the edge of sight, but as grim black towers they frowned across a dismal waste.†
Chpt 4.2
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)