Dismal - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'dismal' is the definition.
(I know that dismal can be written as gloomy)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for gloomy that I've seen before include "Dismal, drab" , "Dark - pessimistic" , "Dreary" , "dispiriting" , "Dark - dim" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, the Evening Standard, the USA Today, The Independent, The Mirror and the King Feature Syndicate.

'dismal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for sombre that I've seen before include "Dull, gloomy" , "Dark, solemn" , "Grave or gloomy" , "Dark, serious, gloomy" , "Funereal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, the Evening Standard, the USA Today, The Independent, The Mirror and the King Feature Syndicate.

(Other definitions for drear that I've seen before include "grave" , "miserable" , "Dismal (literary)" , "Gloomy and cheerless" , "Cheerless (literary)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The New York Times, the Evening Standard, The Independent, The Mirror, The Washington Post and the L.A. Times Daily.

'dismal' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for bleak that I've seen before include "Book by Dickens" , "Cold and desolate" , "Austere" , "Offering little hope" , "Dreary; cold, miserable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The New York Times, the Evening Standard, The Independent, The Mirror, The Washington Post and the L.A. Times Daily.

'dismal' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for cheerless that I've seen before include "not hip?" , "Gloomy, depressing" , "Miserable" , "Dreary" , "Bleak" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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