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Dreary Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dreary? [adj] depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams [adj] lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner parties" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dreary: cheerless \| dingy \| dismal \| drab \| drear \| dull \| gloomy \| sorry \| uncheerful Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dreary: acier \| affecting \| afflictive \| apocalyptic \| arid \| ashen \| ashy \| bad \| baleful \| banausic \| baneful \| barren \| bitter \| black \| blah \| blank \| bleak \| bloodless \| blue \| bodeful \| boding \| boring \| broken-record \| canescent \| characterless \| cheerless \| cinereous \| cinerous \| cold \| colorless \| comfortless \| dapple \| dappled \| dappled-gray \| dapple-gray \| dark \| dead \| deplorable \| depressed \| depressing \| depressive \| dim \| dingy \| dire \| discomforting \| dismal \| dismaying \| dispiriting \| distressful \| distressing \| doleful \| dolorific \| dolorogenic \| dolorous \| doomful \| dove-colored \| dove-gray \| downcast \| drab \| draggy \| drear \| drearisome \| dry \| dryasdust \| dull \| dusty \| effete \| elephantine \| empty \| etiolated \| everlasting \| evil \| evil-starred \| fade \| fateful \| flat \| foreboding \| forlorn \| funebrial \| funereal \| glaucescent \| glaucous \| gloomy \| glum \| grave \| gray \| gray-black \| gray-brown \| gray-colored \| gray-drab \| grayed \| gray-green \| grayish \| gray-spotted \| gray-toned \| gray-white \| grievous \| grim \| griseous \| grizzle \| grizzled \| grizzly \| harping \| heavy \| ho-hum \| hollow \| humdrum \| ill \| ill-boding \| ill-fated \| ill-omened \| ill-starred \| inane \| inauspicious \| inexcitable \| insipid \| invariable \| iron-gray \| jejune \| jog-trot \| joyless \| lamentable \| leaden \| lead-gray \| lifeless \| livid \| long-winded \| lowering \| low-spirited \| melancholy \| menacing \| miserable \| monotone \| monotonous \| morose \| mournful \| mouse-colored \| mouse-gray \| mousy \| moving \| of evil portent \| ominous \| oppressive \| ordinary \| painful \| pale \| pallid \| pathetic \| pearl \| pearl-gray \| pearly \| pedestrian \| piteous \| pitiable \| plodding \| poignant \| pointless \| poky \| ponderous \| portending \| portentous \| prolix \| prosaic \| Quaker-colored \| regrettable \| rueful \| run-of-the-mill \| sad \| saddening \| saturnine \| sharp \| silver \| silvered \| silver-gray \| silvery \| singsong \| sinister \| slate-colored \| slaty \| slow \| smoke-gray \| smoky \| sober \| solemn \| somber \| sombrous \| sore \| sorrowful \| spiritless \| steel-gray \| steely \| sterile \| stiff \| stodgy \| stone-colored \| stuffy \| superficial \| tasteless \| taupe \| tedious \| threatening \| tiresome \| tiring \| touching \| treadmill \| triste \| uncomfortable \| uneventful \| unexciting \| unfavorable \| unfortunate \| unhappy \| uninteresting \| unlively \| unlucky \| unpromising \| unpropitious \| untoward \| unvarying \| vapid \| weariful \| wearisome \| weary \| wearying \| woebegone \| woeful \| wooden \| wretched See Also \| Dreary In Webster's Dictionary \Drear"y\, a. [Compar. {Drearier}; superl. {Dreariest}.] [OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dre['o]rig, sad; akin to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dre['o]san to fall, Goth. driusan. Cf. {Dross}, {Drear}, {Drizzle}, {Drowse}.] 1. Sorrowful; distressful. [Obs.] `` Dreary shrieks.'' --Spenser. 2. Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy. `` Dreary shades.'' --Dryden. ``The dreary ground.'' --Prior. Full many a dreary anxious hour. --Keble. Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of that dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity. --Macaulay.

Dreary Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dreary?

[adj] depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams
[adj] lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner parties"

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Dreary In Webster's Dictionary

\Drear"y\, a. [Compar. {Drearier}; superl. {Dreariest}.]
[OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dre['o]rig, sad; akin to G. traurig,
and prob. to AS. dre['o]san to fall, Goth. driusan. Cf.
{Dross}, {Drear}, {Drizzle}, {Drowse}.]
1. Sorrowful; distressful. [Obs.] `` Dreary shrieks.''
   --Spenser.

2. Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations;
   comfortless; dismal; gloomy. `` Dreary shades.'' --Dryden.
   ``The dreary ground.'' --Prior.

         Full many a dreary anxious hour.      --Keble.

         Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary
         part of that dreary interval which separated two
         ages of prosperity.                   --Macaulay.

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