0 in a way that makes you feel very sad and without hope, or that shows someone is sad and without hope: --
I was excited to read this novel, but I was dismally disappointed.
Their attempts failed dismally.
"I'll never get over this," he said dismally.
Day and night the sirens screamed dismally.
The record is full of dismally bland ballads.
Friends and relatives of the murdered women gazed dismally at the defendant in court.
They ran the country dismally.
The project failed dismally, embarrassingly, totally.
My thoughts turned dismally to the future.
NIEUWE WOORDEN
European
May 10, 2021
WOORD VAN DE DAG
Shimmer
dismally