dismallest
dismallest is the superlative form of dismal.
Meaning of dismal
Adjective
dismal (comparative more dismal, superlative most dismal)
- Disastrous, calamitous.
- Synonyms:
- cataclysmic, catastrophic, ruinous
- Disappointingly inadequate.
- He received a dismal compensation.
- Synonyms:
- meager, paltry, awanting, deficient, exiguous, geason, inadequate, insufficient, lank, lean
- Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
- The storm made for a dismal weekend
- Synonyms:
- desolate, dreary, cheerless, comfortless, bleak, dark, morose, depressing, dire, disconsolate
- Depressing, dreary, cheerless.
- She was lost in dismal thoughts of despair
- Synonyms:
- sorrowful, mournful, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless
Questions about dismallest
- What is dismallest the superlative form of?
- Dismallest is the superlative form of dismal.
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