10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISMALNESS»
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dismalness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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An American Dictionary of the English Language: Exhibiting ...
Dread; dismalness. — Spenser. DRfiAR, a. [Sax. drtorig.] Dismal; gloomy with
solitude. tDRf AR'I-HEAD, «. Dismalness; gloominess. — Spenser. DRSAR1-LY,
adv. Gloomily; dismally. — Spenser. t DRf.AR1-MENT.it. Dismalness; terror.
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A New Universal Etymological, Technological and Pronouncing ...
Free from dreams. Dreamy, dreme'e, a. Full of dreams. Drear, drcre, a. (drtorig.
Sax.) Mournful ; dismal; gloomy with solitudo; — «. dread; dismal- noes. —
Obsolete as a substantive. Drearihead, dre're-hed, s. Horror; dismalness. —
Obsolete ...
John Craig (lexicographer.), 1849
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A Dictionary of the English Language: Abridged from H.J. ...
Imperfect darkness; dismalness; obscurity; defect of light. Jlilton. Cloudiness of
aspect; heaviness of mind ' sullenness. _ To GLOOM. v. 12. To shine obscurely
as the twilight. Spenser. To be cloudy; to he dark. Span. Tragedy. To he
melancholy ...
Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers, 1853
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
DREAR'IHEAD, / Horror; dismalness : a word not in use: She grew to hideous
shape of drearihead, Pined with grief of folly late repented. Ssensir. DREAR'ILY,
adv. Dismallv : Comes the breme winter with chamfred brows, Full of wrinkles
and ...
It was as if dismalness had soaked through and through everything. The utter
negation of natural beauty, the utter negation of the gladness of life, the utter
absence of the instinct for shapely beauty which every bird and beast has, the
utter ...
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Decolonizing Tradition: New Views of Twentieth-century ...
It was as if dismalness had soaked through and through everything. The utter
negation of natural beauty, the utter negation of the gladness of life, the utter
absence of the instinct for shapely beauty which every bird and beast has, the
utter ...
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An Explanatory and Phonographic Pronouncing Dictionary of ...
Imperfect darkness; dismalness; obscurity; defect of- light. Clnudiness of aspect;
heaviness of mind; sullenness. GLOOM, glb'm, vi. To shine obscnrely, as the
twilight. To be cloud ; to be dark. To be melancholy; to be sullen. To ook darkly or
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American Dictionary of the English Language: Exhibiting the ...
DREAM'ING, ppr. Having thoughts or ideas in sleep. DRKAM'ING LY, ody.
Sluggishly; negligently. Jfuloet. DREAM'LESS, a. Free from dreams. Camden.
DREAMT, (dremt) pp. From dream. t DREAR, n. Dread; dismalness. Spenser.
DREAR, n.
Noah Webster, John Walker, 1830
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Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
Milton, Ode Nativ. Drear, n. s. Dread ; terrour. The ill-fac'd owl, death's dreadful
messenger ; The hoarse night-raven, trump of doleful drear. Spenser, F. Q. Dre'
arihead. n.s. [from dreary.] Hor- rour ; dismalness : a word now no longer in use.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISMALNESS»
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Moriarty will entertain readers who want to escape the summer heat and the dismalness of “reality TV.” The author maintains an online ... «Emporia Gazette, Jul 15»
Bills' offence 'right on schedule' despite dreadful day 2 of mini-camp
And the fact of the matter is, Wednesday's dismalness did not appear to concern either offensive coordinator Greg Roman or offensive line ... «Toronto Sun, Jun 15»
Civil service has been poorly managed, politicised - Sacika
He said the introduction of unqualified people into the civil service was contributing to the dismalness of the public service. “Our civil service is ... «postzambia.com, Apr 15»
Relentless Cozart identifies problem with swing, vows to fix it in '15
Through all the dismalness of his offense, Cozart never strayed from his Gold Glove-like defense at shortstop and never once permitted it to ... «FOXSports.com, Feb 15»
What Makes Barack Obama Such a Bad President?
... relations in the U.S., and the dismal state of the world whose dismalness is due to the fecklessness of U.S. foreign policy inarguably show. «PJ Media, Feb 15»
Guardian journalists might not like the Work Programme but …
... saved me and many others (Ingeus has helped 215,000 into work) from long-term unemployment, benefits and the dismalness that entails? «Spectator.co.uk, Jan 15»
Going 'Up the Junction' to Get Down with the Common People
The only respite from such dismalness is drinking and the false hope of more money. And if in Polly's prior life she had so much money, why ... «PopMatters, Jul 14»
True Detective, Sky Atlantic
Cohle, a Schopenhauer among crime-fighters, is given to soliloquies about the worthlessness of mankind or the dismalness of the bayou ... «The Arts Desk, Feb 14»
The Sitcom As Ideological Torture
... Sanford and Son—these were families trapped in the dismalness of their stained furniture, peeling wallpaper, and wheezing appliances. «PopMatters, Feb 14»
England 4-1 Montenegro: Five Talking Points
It is a clear indication of the England national team's dismalness in recent times that they drew three times with Montenegro on three occasions ... «Huffington Post UK, Oct 13»
