Cloudy vs Dismal - What's the difference?
cloudy | dismal | Related terms |
Covered with or characterised by clouds; overcast.
Not transparent or clear.
Uncertain; unclear.
Disappointingly inadequate.
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Cloudy is a related term of dismal.
As adjectives the difference between cloudy and dismal
is that cloudy is covered with or characterised by clouds; overcast while dismal is disappointingly inadequate.cloudy
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Adjective
(er)dismal
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(en adjective)Liverpool 0-1 West Brom, passage=Liverpool's efforts thereafter had an air of desperation as their dismal 2012 league form continued.}}
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all. It looked like a tomb and smelt pretty nigh as musty and dead-and-gone.}}