All 7 Uses of
dismal
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- There, there, child, don't look so dismal.
p. 86.3dismal = gloomy or unhappy
- That was a dismal morning.
p. 97.3 *dismal = depressing or gloomy
- That dinner was a very dismal meal.†
p. 98.3
- But I forgot the flour and the cake was a dismal failure.†
p. 120.9
- With a dismal sigh she went for the scissors.†
p. 213.4
- "It does seem as if it was the end of everything, doesn't it?" she said dismally.†
p. 250.4
- She looked dismally about her narrow little room,
p. 272.1dismally = in a sad, depressed manner
Definition:
of terrible quality or depressing; or dark and dreary (as when bad weather blocks the sun or when it is drizzly)