The barren landscape looks 'dismal' [='bleak, desolate'] in winter.
The show was a 'dismal' failure.
The team's record is 'dismal'.
(..) Driver, stop here. That's sinister enough. Melissa, help me with this lamp. It's heavy. I can't, Babs, I got my hands full. It's movingly dismal. We couldn't have done better if we'd designed it. Marion looks smarter already. I'm sorry. I didn't see you up there. Are you alright? (..)1957 Funny Face
(..) No, Miss Prescott, you mustn't say that. Yes. D for down. D for dreary. D for dull and for depressing, dismal and deadly! Ahh! Here it is. Here is our theme. Here is our answer. Pink. Girls, girls, girls, girls. Take this to all the designers. (..)1957 Funny Face