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dismals

dismals noun: a dismal or melancholy state. Also the plural of dismal.

Noun

the dismals pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A dismal or melancholy state.
    • "Well, this is a bright fit of the dismals," said little Toole, nothing overawed.1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “How an Evening Passes at the Elms, and Dr. Toole Makes a Little Excursion; and Two Choice Spirits Discourse, and Hebe Trips In with the Nectar”, in The House by the...

Also used as

dismals is also the plural of dismal.

Questions about dismals

What does dismals mean?
Dismals means a dismal or melancholy state.
What part of speech is dismals?
Dismals is a noun.

Words near dismals in the dictionary

  1. dismaller
  2. dismallest
  3. dismally
  4. dismalness
  5. dismalnesses
  6. dismals
  7. disman
  8. dismanned
  9. dismanning
  10. dismans
  11. dismantlability

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