The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dismalness
Dismalness \Dis"mal*ness\, n. The quality of being dismal; gloominess.
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dismalness
n. The state or quality of being dismal.
Usage examples of "dismalness".
He growled softly, more to warn his companions than to challenge whatever menace he detected in the dismalness ahead.
It was a chill and lowering morning, and a light snow which had fallen during the night whitened the great empty space and added to the general dismalness of its aspect.
Celia thought with some dismalness of the time she should have to spend as bridesmaid at Lowick, while the curate had probably no pretty little children whom she could like, irrespective of principle.