dismal
diz muhl
- s causing dejection
the first dismal dispiriting days of November
- It was Harold Wilson's most frustrating week since last July's sterling crisis and it was, in fact, a pretty dismal week for British diplomacy in general.
- Nor will President Bush's dismal 39% approval rating necessarily drag down his party: almost half of voters (44%) were indifferent to whether their preferred Congressional .
- Facing global condemnation of their dismal record on women's rights, the Taliban are easing up--but only a little.