Noun: dismals
| Singular | dismals |
| Plural | the dismals |
Sample Sentences
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"Well, this is a bright fit of the dismals," said little Toole, nothing overawed. [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:]
Nouns inflected like dismals
Welsh Marches,
shakes,
three Fs,
three Rs,
Lionesses,
Leonardeschi,
Olympic Rings,
old days,
Edoni,
llama's pajamas,
stubborns,
dwindles,
hard yards,
antelope's cantaloupes,
three marks of existence,
dismals,
Seven Seas,
Chosen People,
Ready Reckoners,
temperates, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology