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dismality

dismality noun: the quality or state of being dismal.

Noun

dismality (countable and uncountable, plural dismalities)

  1. The quality or state of being dismal.
    • Economists' reputation for dismality is a bad rap.2015, Joshua D. Angrist, Jörn-Steffen Pischke, Masterics 'Metrics, Princeton University Press, page xi

Forms of dismality

pluraldismalities

Origin of dismality

From dismal + -ity.

Questions about dismality

What does dismality mean?
Dismality means the quality or state of being dismal.
What part of speech is dismality?
Dismality is a noun.
What is the plural of dismality?
The plural of dismality is dismalities.

Words near dismality in the dictionary

  1. dismalises
  2. dismalising
  3. dismalite
  4. dismalites
  5. dismalities
  6. dismality
  7. dismalize
  8. dismalized
  9. dismalizes
  10. dismalizing
  11. dismaller

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