Английский разговорный словарь (основной) - dismal

ˈdɪzməl adj. 1 causing or showing gloom; miserable. 2 dreary or sombre (dismal brown walls). 3 colloq. feeble or inept (a dismal performance). øthe dismals colloq. melancholy. the dismal science joc. economics. øødismally adv. dismalness n. [orig. noun = unlucky days: ME f. AF dis mal f. med.L dies mali two days in each month held to be unpropitious]