All 3 Uses of
dismal
in
The Minister's Black Veil
- If ever another wedding were so dismal, it was that famous one where they tolled the wedding knell.†
- This dismal shade must separate me from the world:
*dismal = depressing
- In this manner Mr. Hooper spent a long life, irreproachable in outward act, yet shrouded in dismal suspicions; kind and loving, though unloved, and dimly feared; a man apart from men, shunned in their health and joy, but ever summoned to their aid in mortal anguish.†
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)