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How to pronounce “dismal”
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Pronunciation guide for dismal
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of dismal with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Secret Ingredient of Business Success
Employee engagement scores were absolutely dismal.
- Definition summary
- Disastrous, calamitous.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce dismal
The Secret Ingredient of Business Success
Employee engagement scores were absolutely dismal.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “dismal”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Disastrous, calamitous.
- Disappointingly inadequate.
- Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
- Depressing, dreary, cheerless.
- [Noun]
- (US, especially North Carolina, possibly dated) A dreary swamp in eastern North Carolina or Virginia in the United States.
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