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Dismal 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 2

Dismal 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 2

Dismal 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 2

/ˈdɪz.məl/ (adj)

hopeless and sad, gloomy, dejected, grim, cheerless, depressed, melancholy, morose, doleful, despondent, dispirited, miserable, wretched, somber – extremely bad, awful, dreary

When you need to look sad or dismal in person or during a performance, you have to rely on immediate signs to get the intended emotion across as quickly as possible. In these cases you have only a single impression or a few moments to convince someone you are unhappy or depressed, and you will have no time to play the long game convincing others you are sad. When playing the short game, it is important to realize that sadness is not only an emotion we experience in the mind; it is a state of the body itself, one of the six base affects. You will need to get your entire body in the right place to give off the signals of sadness.

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Antonyms: bright, upbeat, vivacious

Adverb: dismally

Noun: dismalness


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