dismal
/ˈdɪzm(ə)l/
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American sound/ˈdɪzm(ə)l/
dismal
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dis - mal -> dismal
Myanmar meaning
(adj) စိတ်ပျက်စရာ။ စိတ်ညှိုးငယ်စေသော။ စိတ်ဆင်းရဲစရာ။ အလွန်ညံ့သော။ မျှော်လင့်သလောက် မကောင်းသော။
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၁။ စိတ်ပျက်စရာ။ စိတ်ညှိုးငယ်စေသော။ စိတ်ဆင်းရဲစရာ။
dismal weather/surroundings ❍ a dismal tone of voice ❍ The news was as dismal as ever.
၂။ (infml ) အလွန်ညံ့သော။ မျှော်လင့်သလောက် မကောင်းသော။
The team gave a dismal performance. ❍ Their attempt to form a new party was a dismal failure. dismally /-mǝli/ adv : He tried to look cool, but failed dismally (ie completely).
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miserable, gloomy, depressing, dreary, dull, murky, bleak, drab, grim, cheerless, afflictive, black, boring, cloudy, dark, depressed, desolate, despondent, dim, dingy, disagreeable, discouraging, disheartening, dispiriting, doleful, dolorous, forlorn, frowning, funereal, ghastly, gruesome, hopeless, horrible, horrid, in the pits, inauspicious, joyless, lonesome, lowering, lugubrious, melancholy, monotonous, morbid, oppressive, overcast, sad, shadowy, somber, sorrowful, tedious, tenebrous, troublesome, unfortunate, unhappy
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