I think "dismal" may be too strong for any US president. The weakest elected presidents were probably Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Warren Harding and Jimmy Carter with Herbert Hoover, Ulysses Grant and George W. Bush as possible choices for this dubious distinction.
The weakest of all was probably Andrew Johnson but he was not elected as president and really was given a chance.
Most Scottish International football perfomances.
a dismal fail
President George Washington visited the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina in 1763. He surveyed the area and proposed drainage projects to make the land usable for agriculture and commercial purposes.
The new girl walked dismally down the school halway after an embarrasing encounter with the head cheerleader.
The US tried it in the 1930's. It was a dismal failure, as criminal activity increased to supply the desired alcohol.
The forecast was dismal because there was a tropical storm in the Gulf.
The weather is absolutely dismal today.
No, the word 'dismal' is an adjective, a word that describes a noun (a dismal day, a dismal story).The noun form of the adjective 'dismal' is dismalness.
Yes, President George Washington did visit the Great Dismal Swamp. He visited this area of Virginia in 1763. The area became a lucrative source of timber.
Dismal means sad
The official definition of the word dismal is "depressing; dreary."
The failure to solve debt.