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dreary
[ dreer-ee ]
adjective
- causing sadness or gloom.
Synonyms: comfortless, depressing, cheerless, drear, dismal, gloomy
Antonyms: cheerful
- dull; boring.
Synonyms: tiresome, wearisome, monotonous, tedious
Antonyms: interesting
- sorrowful; sad.
dreary
/ ˈdrɪərɪ /
adjective
- sad or dull; dismal
- wearying; boring
- archaic.miserable
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Derived Forms
- ˈdreariness, noun
- ˈdrearily, adverb
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Other Words From
- dreari·ly adverb
- dreari·ness noun
- dreari·some adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dreary1
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Example Sentences
The Daily Beast met Stevens in a dreary New York hotel room.
Unlike the dreary industrial region of Donbass where the fighting is concentrated, Crimea has great potential as a tourist center.
Its name may sound dreary, but the Chambre du Commerce is considered a classical gem, dating back to 1878.
(Read More on the Crisis in Ukraine) Old, numerous and bipartisan are the tales that corroborate this dreary hypothesis.
Roberts starred as the titular servant in the dreary drama, with Malkovich as Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr.
But for the trees, these sullen skies and level grounds would render England dreary enough.
They rented a house, for the place didn't afford a parsonage, and began the long dreary year that was to follow.
A damp mist rose from the river and the marshy ground about, and spread itself over the dreary fields.
I know this small organ well—an old friend on dreary mornings, putting the laziest riser in a good humor for the day.
It looked on to Hyde Park, and a very white and dreary park it was on that particular day.
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