dismality

English

Etymology

dismal +‎ -ity

Noun

dismality (countable and uncountable, plural dismalities)

  1. The quality or state of being dismal.
    • 2015, Joshua D. Angrist, Jörn-Steffen Pischke, Masterics 'Metrics, Princeton University Press, page xi:
      Economists' reputation for dismality is a bad rap.
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