Both Uses of
dismal
in
Lonesome Dove
- He repeated several times his dismay at her having been stuck for so long in a dismal hole like Lonesome Dove.†
Chpt 17-18dismal = depressing or gloomy
- And the buffalo coat had saved Cholo's life when he was trapped in an April blizzard up on the Dismal River.†
Chpt 75-76 *
Definition:
of terrible quality or depressing; or dark and dreary (as when bad weather blocks the sun or when it is drizzly)