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DISMAL is validvalid
cheerless and depressing [adj DISMALER, DISMALEST] : DISMALLY [adv], DISMALNESS [n] / a track of swampy land [n DISMALS]
sad, gloomy [adj DISMALER or DISMALLER, DISMALEST or DISMALLEST, DISMALLY] / a swamp [n -S]