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.