Dismal (adjective)

Definition Gloomy, depressing, dreary, pitiful or disgracefully bad (informally) Origin late Middle English: from earlier dismal (noun), denoting the two days in each month that in medieval times were believed to be unlucky, from Anglo-Norman French dis mal, from medieval Latin dies mali ‘evil days.’ Example for Dismal We can’t go anywhere in this dismal […]

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October 20th

A lot of things happened on a day like today in history. Here are just some! 1968 Dick Fosbury wins the gold Olympic medal for his amazing high jump of 7 feet 4 1/4 inches,in the Mexico City Games, setting a world record! 1977 Three members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd got killed in […]

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