Michael Leunig

At last, after completing year 12, I failed the great final examination, repeated the following year and failed again even more dismally than before. This was not an easy thing to do. My mates did the simple thing in the first place and mainly passed with honours and went on to have remarkably successful lives.

Australian Cartoonist

Richard Cohen

Lots of men have failed as presidents, as Trump surely will, but few fail so dismally as role models. He's a boy's idea of a man. He's a man's idea of a boy.

American Journalist

James Joyce

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.

Irish Novelist

Toni Cade Bambara

It's a dismally lonely business, writing.

American Author

Use 'dismally' to describe a mood or scene full of gloom or depression.

Gloomy Atmosphere

'Dismally' emphasizes a lack of hope or optimism in a situation or feeling.

Feeling Hopeless

Apply 'dismally' when reflecting on unsatisfactory results or failures.

Negative Outcome

Highlighting particularly bad performance or an outcome that's well below expectations.

Extremely Poor Performance

Use 'dismally' when comparing something negatively to a standard or expectation.

Negative Comparison

Conveys the sense of an experience being unsatisfactory on multiple levels.

Unpleasant Experience

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