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English
Noun
the dismals pl (plural only)
- A dismal or melancholy state.
1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “How an Evening Passes at the Elms, and Dr. Toole Makes a Little Excursion; and Two Choice Spirits Discourse, and Hebe Trips In with the Nectar”, in The House by the Church-yard. , volume II, London: Tinsley, Brothers, , →OCLC, page 279:"Well, this is a bright fit of the dismals," said little Toole, nothing overawed.
Noun
dismals
- plural of dismal