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Showing words for DISMALS using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Dismals

dismals

6 Letter Words for Dismals

dismal, missal, sadism, salmis

5 Letter Words for Dismals

aldim, amids, amiss, dalis, dials, disas, islam, ismal, laids, lassi, limas, maids, mails, malis, midas, milds, missa, sadis, saids, sails, saims, salmi, sials, sidas, silas, silds, simal, simas, sisal, slaid, slams, slims

4 Letter Words for Dismals

admi, aids, ails, aims, aldm, alms, amid, amil, amis, amli, assi, dail, dais, dali, dals, dams, dasi, dial, diam, dias, dims, disa, isls, isms, lads, laid, lams, lass, lias, lids, lima, liss, mads, maid, mail, mali, mals, mass, mias, mids, mila, mild, mils, miss, sadi, said, sail, saim, sais, sals, sami, sial, siam, sida, sids, sila, sild, sima, sims, slad, slam, slid, slim

3 Letter Words for Dismals

adm, ads, aid, ail, aim, ais, ald, als, ami, asl, ass, dal, dam, das, dia, dil, dim, dis, ida, ids, isl, ism, lad, lai, lam, las, lid, lim, lis, lsd, mad, mal, mas, mia, mid, mil, mis, mls, msl, mss, sad, sai, sal, sam, sds, sil, sim, sis, sla, sld, sma, sml

Definitions for Dismals

[1] causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather.
[2] characterized by ineptness or lack of skill, competence, effectiveness, imagination, or interest; pitiful: Our team played a dismal game.
[3] Obsolete . disastrous; calamitous. unlucky; sinister.
[4] Southern U.S. a tract of swampy land, usually along the coast.
[5] causing gloom or depression
[6] causing dismay or terror
[7] of poor quality or a low standard; feeble

Words related to Dismals

dismaldim, horrid, murky, discouraging, sad, depressing, ghastly, horrible, miserable, dull, disheartening, black, boring, cheerless, cloudy, dark, depressed, desolate, despondent, dingy

Words nearby Dismals

dismaldislocation, dislocation fracture, dislodge, disloyal, disloyalty, dismal, dismal science, dismal swamp, dismantle, dismast, dismay

Origin of Dismals

1275–1325; Middle English dismale unlucky time, dismol day one of two days in each month considered unlucky (hence later taken as adj.) < Anglo-French dis mal < Medieval Latin diēs malī literally, evil days

Other words from Dismals

dis·mal·ly , adverb
dis·mal·ness , dis·mal·i·ty , noun

Word origin for Dismals

C13: from dismal (noun) list of 24 unlucky days in the year, from Medieval Latin diēs malī bad days, from Latin diēs day + malus bad

Synonyms for Dismals

boredom, despair, desperation, despondency, ennui, gloom, grief, sorrow, wistfulness, blahs, blues, bummer, dejection, dolor, downer, dumps, funk, gloominess, letdown, miserableness, misery, mopes, mournfulness, pensiveness, tedium, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness, blue devils, blue funk, dolefuls, down trip, low spirits