Daily Word: DISMAL

dis·mal [diz-muhl] 

~ adjective

DEFINITION: 1)Causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather. 2)Characterized by ineptness or lack of skill, competence, effectiveness, imagination, or interest; pitiful. 3)Obsolete. a.Disastrous; calamitous. b.Unlucky; sinister.

~ noun

4)Southern U.S. a tract of swampy land, usually along the coast.

SENTENCE: The team put forth a dismal effort and got their butts handed to them by their opponents.