Bible Dictionary: Dismal

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Fatal; ill-omened; unlucky.

2. (a.) Gloomy to the eye or ear; sorrowful and depressing to the feelings; foreboding; cheerless; dull; dreary; as, a dismal outlook; dismal stories; a dismal place.

Library

Christ Hath Left the Dismal Tomb; --
... EASTER IX Christ hath left the dismal tomb;". 7,8,7,6. Christ hath left the dismal
tomb;". Glory, Glory, He is risen; Like a cloud hath passed the gloom,. ...
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The Lord's Day --The Worship of the Apostolic Church --Its ...
... was a crisis of intense excitement. The crucifixion had cast a dismal cloud
over their prospects; for. CHAPTER I. THE LORD'S DAY"THE ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/killen/the ancient church/chapter i the lords daythe.htm

Genesis iii. 22
... But when the declaration has been made to us by God himself, that this dismal swamp
in which we are prisoners is but an infinitely small portion of his universe ...
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A Detached Account of the Descent into Hell.
... In the city of Hell nothing is to be seen but dismal dungeons, dark caverns, frightful
deserts, fetid swamps filled with every imaginable species of poisonous ...
/.../chapter lix a detached account.htm

Impressive Phrases
... gleam, glimmer, glance, and glitter. gloomy, dismal, dark, and dejected. ... phrases,
figures, metaphors, and quotations. piteous, woebegone, dismal, and dolorous. ...
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The Weeping Saviour.
... how sin had blasted and scathed His noblest workmanship; converting the fairest
province of His creation into one vast Necropolis,"one dismal "city of the ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/macduff/memories of bethany/xii the weeping saviour.htm

By Far the Ablest of These Seven Essays is from the Pen of the " ...
... here. As dismal a view might be easily taken of the first, of the second,
of the third, of the fourth, of the fifth century. What ...
/.../burgon/inspiration and interpretation/vi by far the ablest.htm

The Life of Mr. Alexander Peden.
... After they were set at liberty, Mr. Peden stayed in London and other places of England
until June 1670, that he came to Scotland, and that dismal day, the 22d ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr alexander 2.htm

Hymns of the Russian Church
... VII Light, ere the dawn in beauty broke,. VIII Awake, arise, and greet the dawning
day,. IX Christ hath left the dismal tomb;--. X The gate of life stands wide, ...
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The Ancient Church
... of intense excitement. The crucifixion had cast a dismal cloud over their
prospects; for. CHAPTER II. THE EXTRAORDINARY TEACHERS ...
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Thesaurus

Dismal (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (a.) Gloomy to the eye or ear; sorrowful and depressing to the feelings; foreboding;
cheerless; dull; dreary; as, a dismal outlook; dismal stories; a dismal...
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Gloom (29 Occurrences)
... imperfectly; to glimmer. 6. (vi) To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal,
gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight. 7. (vt) To ...
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Dismay (16 Occurrences)

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Jackal (3 Occurrences)
... They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion,
and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling. ...
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Gethsemane (2 Occurrences)
... what must have always been the great thoroughfare eastward, that our Lord would
scarcely have selected it for retirement on that dangerous and dismal night...I ...
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Gloomy (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through
obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. ...
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Waste (668 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare;
hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless. 2. (a.) Lying ...
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Rachel (42 Occurrences)
... The evil of polygamy is apparent from the dismal rivalry arising between the two
sisters, each seeking by means of children to win the heart of Jacob. ...
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Doleful (2 Occurrences)
... Some render the word "hyaenas.". Noah Webster's Dictionary. (a.) Full of grief;
melancholy; sorrowful; sad; dismal. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DOLEFUL. ...
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Disloyal (1 Occurrence)

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Bible Concordance

Dismal (1 Occurrence)

Matthew 6:16 And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Dismal

Related Terms

Gloom (29 Occurrences)

Dismay (16 Occurrences)

Jackal (3 Occurrences)

Gethsemane (2 Occurrences)

Gloomy (10 Occurrences)

Waste (668 Occurrences)

Rachel (42 Occurrences)

Doleful (2 Occurrences)

Disloyal (1 Occurrence)