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单词 drear
释义

drear

adjective

ˈdrir How to pronounce drear (audio)
: dreary
drear noun

Synonyms

  • black
  • bleak
  • cheerless
  • chill
  • Cimmerian
  • cloudy
  • cold
  • comfortless
  • dark
  • darkening
  • depressing
  • depressive
  • desolate
  • dire
  • disconsolate
  • dismal
  • dreary
  • dreich [chiefly Scottish]
  • elegiac
  • elegiacal
  • forlorn
  • funereal
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • godforsaken
  • gray
  • grey
  • lonely
  • lonesome
  • lugubrious
  • miserable
  • morbid
  • morose
  • murky
  • plutonian
  • saturnine
  • sepulchral
  • solemn
  • somber
  • sombre
  • sullen
  • sunless
  • tenebrific
  • tenebrous
  • wretched
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Example Sentences

it was a drear morning in January when I went to take my driving test a barren and drear existence in a remote village

Word History

First Known Use

1629, in the meaning defined above

drear 1 of 2

adjective

1
as in bleak
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer it was a drear morning in January when I went to take my driving test

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • bleak
  • lonely
  • dark
  • darkening
  • desolate
  • somber
  • depressive
  • depressing
  • lonesome
  • cold
  • gray
  • murky
  • solemn
  • cheerless
  • dreary
  • morbid
  • miserable
  • gloomy
  • blue
  • wretched
  • chill
  • dismal
  • black
  • comfortless
  • forlorn
  • morose
  • funereal
  • sunless
  • glum
  • depressed
  • lugubrious
  • sullen
  • disconsolate
  • grey
  • sepulchral
  • melancholy
  • sad
  • godforsaken
  • dire
  • cloudy
  • oppressive
  • dreich
  • elegiac
  • tenebrous
  • saturnine
  • sombre
  • dull
  • plutonian
  • dim
  • woebegone
  • hopeless
  • unhappy
  • Cimmerian
  • mournful
  • melancholic
  • grim
  • elegiacal
  • desperate
  • dejected
  • dispiriting
  • mirthless
  • tenebrific
  • distressful
  • woeful
  • despondent
  • inconsolable
  • drab
  • sorrowful
  • negative
  • hangdog
  • discouraging
  • down
  • distressing
  • dismaying
  • menacing
  • disheartening
  • pessimistic
  • low
  • discomfiting
  • upsetting
  • droopy
  • dour
  • plaintive
  • lamentable
  • colorless
  • lowery
  • louring
  • threatening
  • lowering
  • loury

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • bright
  • cheerful
  • sunshiny
  • cheery
  • festive
  • merry
  • joyous
  • comforting
  • gay
  • joyful
  • friendly
  • jolly
  • blithe
  • cordial
  • buoyant
  • mirthful
  • gay
  • optimistic
  • jocund
  • blithesome
  • hopeful
  • cheering
  • heartwarming
  • encouraging
  • lighthearted
  • lightsome
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as in depressing
causing unhappiness a barren and drear existence in a remote village

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • depressing
  • sad
  • melancholy
  • pathetic
  • dreary
  • mournful
  • dismal
  • heartbreaking
  • tearful
  • unfortunate
  • saddening
  • disturbing
  • teary
  • distressful
  • heartrending
  • sorry
  • lamentable
  • woeful
  • distressing
  • deplorable
  • disquieting
  • moving
  • perturbing
  • affecting
  • grievous
  • dispiriting
  • touching
  • discomforting
  • discouraging
  • poignant
  • disheartening
  • discomposing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • cheery
  • happy
  • glad
  • pleasant
  • delightful
  • uplifting
  • inspiring
  • agreeable
  • stimulating
  • heartening
  • enjoyable
  • stirring
  • welcome
  • cheering
  • pleasurable
  • satisfying
  • pleasing
  • exhilarating
  • thrilling
  • heartwarming
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drear

2 of 2

noun

as in moroseness

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • moroseness
  • ennui
  • morbidness
  • tedium
  • despair
  • boredom
  • hopelessness
  • woe
  • wretchedness
  • misery
  • sorrow
  • regret
  • desperation
  • self-despair
  • rue
  • morosity
  • dismalness
  • discouragement
  • melancholia
  • somberness
  • agony
  • anguish
  • moodiness
  • mourning
  • grief
  • disheartenment
  • dolor
  • distress
  • self-pity
  • woefulness
  • pain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • joy
  • joyousness
  • bliss
  • exultation
  • gayety
  • heaven
  • gladness
  • mirth
  • elation
  • exuberance
  • ecstasy
  • happiness
  • intoxication
  • rapture
  • exhilaration
  • felicity
  • joyfulness
  • euphoria
  • gaiety
  • jollity
  • jubilation
  • glee
  • merriment
  • joviality
  • cheerfulness
  • blissfulness
  • optimism
  • cheeriness
  • hopefulness
  • lightheartedness
  • humor
  • mirthfulness
  • gayness
  • gleefulness
  • cheer
  • sunniness
  • elatedness
  • contentment
  • content
  • rapturousness
  • gladsomeness
  • satisfaction
  • contentedness
  • delight
  • gratification
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