Dismal vs Misty - What's the difference?
dismal | misty | Related terms |
Disappointingly inadequate.
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, title= Gloomy and bleak.
Depressing.
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, title= With mist; foggy.
(figuratively) With tears in the eyes.
Dismal is a related term of misty.
As an adjective dismal
is disappointingly inadequate.As a proper noun misty is
from the adjective "misty", reasonably popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.dismal
English
Adjective
(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.}}
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "dismal" is often applied: failure, performance, state, record, place, result, scene, season, year, economy, future, fate, weather, news, condition, history.Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* dismal sciencemisty
English
Adjective
(er)- It’s a very misty morning this morning - I can’t see a thing!
- ''Her eyes grew misty the night her long-time friend passed away.