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DISMAL

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Traducere în limba română

dismal I. adjectiv

1. întunecat, mohorât.

2. (fig.) posomorât, trist, deprimant, jalnic; pustiu; sinistru, lugubru; îngrozitor, înspăimântător, grozav;

a dismal end un sfârşit îngrozitor;

dismal weather vreme mohorâtă;

dismal prospects perspective sumbre.

dismal II. substantiv

1. plural melancolie, deprimare, descurajare;

to be in the dismals a-şi face gânduri negre.

2. mlaştină.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

He made the most dismal sounds I have ever heard produced by any means, natural or artificial.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Don't be dismal or fret, but do your duty and you'll get your reward, as good Mr. Brooke has, by being respected and loved.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

If she hadn't stood my friend, sir, I should have been shut up, to lead a dismal life these many years.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

"Just a year ago we were groaning over the dismal Christmas we expected to have. Do you remember?" asked Jo, breaking a short pause which had followed a long conversation about many things.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

All the evening his eyes wandered to my aunt's face, with an expression of the most dismal apprehension, as if he saw her growing thin on the spot.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

The tea bell rang before he had finished describing the paradise which he meant to earn for Meg, and he proudly took her in to supper, both looking so happy that Jo hadn't the heart to be jealous or dismal.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

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