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dreary
drea·ry D0386200 (drîr′ē)adj. drea·ri·er, drea·ri·est 1. Dismal; bleak.2. Boring; dull: dreary tasks.
[Middle English dreri, bloody, frightened, sad, from Old English drēorig, bloody, sad, from drēor, gore; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
drea′ri·ly adv.drea′ri·ness n.dreary (ˈdrɪərɪ) adj, drearier or dreariest1. sad or dull; dismal2. wearying; boring3. archaic miserable Also (literary): drear [Old English drēorig gory; related to Old High German trūreg sad] ˈdrearily adv ˈdreariness ndrear•y (ˈdrɪər i)
adj. drear•i•er, drear•i•est. 1. causing sadness or gloom; dismal. 2. dull; boring; wearisome. 3. sorrowful; sad; melancholy. [before 900; Middle English drery, Old English drēorig gory, cruel, sad] drear′i•ly, adv. drear′i•ness, n. drear′i•some, adj. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | dreary - 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"drabdull - lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods" | | 2. | dreary - causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"dismal, drear, disconsolate, dingy, gloomy, drab, sorry, grim, blue, darkcheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place" |
drearyadjective1. dull, boring, tedious, routine, drab, tiresome, lifeless, monotonous, humdrum, colourless, uneventful, uninteresting, mind-numbing, ho-hum (informal), wearisome, as dry as dust They live such dreary lives.
dull interesting, exciting, fascinating, bright dismal happy, cheerful, joyful2. dismal, depressing, bleak, sad, lonely, gloomy, solitary, melancholy, sombre, forlorn, glum, mournful, lonesome, downcast, sorrowful, wretched, joyless, funereal, doleful, cheerless, drear, comfortless A dreary little town in the Midwestdrearyadjective1. Dark and depressing:black, bleak, blue, cheerless, dark, desolate, dismal, gloomy, glum, joyless, somber, tenebrific.2. Arousing no interest or curiosity:boring, drear, dry, dull, humdrum, irksome, monotonous, stuffy, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting, weariful, wearisome, weary.Translationsdreary (ˈdriəri) adjective1. gloomy. What dreary weather! 陰鬱的 阴郁的2. very dull. I've got to go to another dreary meeting tomorrow. 沈悶的 沉闷的ˈdrearily adverb 沈悶地，陰鬱地 沉闷地ˈdreariness noun 陰鬱，沈悶 沉闷dreary
Synonyms for drearyadj dullSynonyms- dull
- boring
- tedious
- routine
- drab
- tiresome
- lifeless
- monotonous
- humdrum
- colourless
- uneventful
- uninteresting
- mind-numbing
- ho-hum
- wearisome
- as dry as dust
Antonyms- interesting
- exciting
- fascinating
- bright
- happy
- cheerful
- joyful
adj dismalSynonyms- dismal
- depressing
- bleak
- sad
- lonely
- gloomy
- solitary
- melancholy
- sombre
- forlorn
- glum
- mournful
- lonesome
- downcast
- sorrowful
- wretched
- joyless
- funereal
- doleful
- cheerless
- drear
- comfortless
Synonyms for drearyadj dark and depressingSynonyms- black
- bleak
- blue
- cheerless
- dark
- desolate
- dismal
- gloomy
- glum
- joyless
- somber
- tenebrific
adj arousing no interest or curiositySynonyms- boring
- drear
- dry
- dull
- humdrum
- irksome
- monotonous
- stuffy
- tedious
- tiresome
- uninteresting
- weariful
- wearisome
- weary
Synonyms for drearyadj lacking in liveliness or charm or surpriseSynonymsRelated Wordsadj causing dejectionSynonyms- dismal
- drear
- disconsolate
- dingy
- gloomy
- drab
- sorry
- grim
- blue
- dark
Related Words- cheerless
- depressing
- uncheerful
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