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dismally

/ˈdɪzməɫi/ adv C1 ✓

In a dismal manner.

Word Origin Dismal comes from Latin dies mali 'evil days' — in medieval calendars, certain days were marked as unlucky. Over time, the word shifted from 'unlucky days' to a general feeling of gloom. So dismally means in a gloomy, depressing manner. The same Latin root malus 'bad' gives us malice, malady, malaria (bad air), and malignant. So dismal is literally 'bad-day-ish'. The breakdown is simply dismal+ly.

adv In a dismal manner. C1 ✓

The weather forecast predicted dismally rainy conditions for the entire weekend.

(副词) 凄凉地；阴郁地；惨淡地

天气预报悲观地预测整个周末都会是雨天。

(adverbio) De manera sombría; tristemente.

El pronóstico del tiempo predijo condiciones de lluvia sombrías durante todo el fin de semana.

(adverbe) morosement; lugubrement; tristement; mélancoliquement [De manière sombre, lugubre ou profondément triste.]

Les prévisions météo annonçaient dismally des conditions pluvieuses pour tout le week-end.

(Adverb) trübselig; düster; trostlos [auf eine düstere, trostlose oder bedrückende Weise]

Der Wetterbericht sagte **dismally** regnerische Bedingungen für das ganze Wochenende voraus.

(副詞) 陰気に、憂うつに、振る舞う様子で。

天気予報では、週末全体を通して陰鬱な雨天になると予想していた。

(advérbio) sombriamente; tristemente; melancolicamente; lugubremente [De maneira sombria ou triste.]

A previsão do tempo indicou condições chuvosas e sombrias para o fim de semana inteiro.

Synonyms: gloomily drearily miserably sadly somberly bleakly cheerlessly desolately Antonyms: cheerfully brightly joyfully optimistically

Common collocations

fail verb to prep have verb think verb in prep be verb of prep so adv with prep

Related words

malice malicious malady malignant malign diary dial journal journey sojourn quotidian

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