Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dismals

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-mals
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dismal or melancholy state.

noun

plural of dismal (“dreary swamp”)

Example Sentences

""Well, this is a bright fit of the dismals," said little Toole, nothing overawed."

Inflected Forms

the dismals (canonical, plural)

Questions

What does dismals mean?: A dismal or melancholy state.

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