Question

dismal

Accepted Answer

1 : showing or causing gloom (see

GLOOM entry 2 sense 2
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gloom#h2

) or depression
// the dismal prison twilight

2 : lacking merit : particularly bad
// a dismal performance

3. obsolete :

DISASTROUS
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disastrous

,

DREADFUL
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dreadful

Front	dismal
Back	1 : showing or causing gloom (see GLOOM entry 2 sense 2 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gloom#h2 ) or depression // the dismal prison twilight 2 : lacking merit : particularly bad // a dismal performance 3. obsolete : DISASTROUS https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disastrous , DREADFUL https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dreadful

Dismal Showing Causing Gloom See Depression The Prison