DISMAL Meaning of DISMAL in English a. 1.Cheerless, gloomy, dark, dull, dreary, lonesome.2.Melancholy, mournful, sad, doleful, dolorous, sombre, lugubrious, funereal.3.Horrid, horrible, terrible, dire, frightful. Soule. Dictionary of English synonyms. Словарь английских синонимов. 2012