Gloomy part indeed is malicious (6)

I believe the answer is:

dismal

'gloomy' is the definition.
(I know that gloomy can be written as dismal)

'part indeed is malicious' is the wordplay.
'part' indicates a hidden word.
'DISMAL' is hidden within 'indeed is malicious'.

(Other definitions for dismal that I've seen before include "of poor quality" , "Pessimist -- is my jam mild? (anag)" , "down in the dumps" , "pitifully bad" , "'Depressing, grim (6)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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