Both Uses
dismal
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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- It was so dismal there that I left!†
Chpt 5 *dismal = depressing or gloomy
- It is rather dismal.†
Chpt 6
Definitions:
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(1)
(dismal) of terrible quality or depressing; or dark and dreary (as when bad weather blocks the sun or when it is drizzly)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)