Both Uses of
dismal
in
The Souls of Black Folk
- A dismal place it still remains, with rows of ugly huts filled with surly ignorant tenants.†
Chpt 7dismal = depressing or gloomy
- Three temptations he met on those dark dunes that lay gray and dismal before the wonder-eyes of the child: the temptation of Hate, that stood out against the red dawn; the temptation of Despair, that darkened noonday; and the temptation of Doubt, that ever steals along with twilight.†
Chpt 12 *
Definition:
of terrible quality or depressing; or dark and dreary (as when bad weather blocks the sun or when it is drizzly)