adj.
VERBS
▪ be , look
▪ become
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪
Last year's results were fairly ~.
▪
It was a really ~ day.
Dismal is used with these nouns: ↑ failure , ↑ performance , ↑ picture , ↑ record , ↑ run , ↑ showing , ↑ weather
adj.
VERBS
▪ be , look
▪ become
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪
Last year's results were fairly ~.
▪
It was a really ~ day.
Dismal is used with these nouns: ↑ failure , ↑ performance , ↑ picture , ↑ record , ↑ run , ↑ showing , ↑ weather
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний . 2012