dreary
causing sadness or gloom.
dull; boring.
sorrowful; sad.
Origin of dreary
1Other words for dreary
Opposites for dreary
Other words from dreary
- drear·i·ly, adverb
- drear·i·ness, noun
- drear·i·some, adjective
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How to use dreary in a sentence
The full idiocy of conspiricism at its dreariest has thus been summoned to relativize the crime and, in so doing, deny it.
Before he could speak a word to comfort her, she had burst into the wildest, dreariest crying ever mortal cried.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellAnd here was Wickwire himself, condemned to the dreariest fate ever devised by unamusing devils.
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellThe shores of the Mississippi about Island No. 10 present the dreariest appearance imaginable.
The Naval History of the United States | Willis J. Abbot.They were the longest and the dreariest that he ever spent, but when the welcome light of morning came his foe had departed.
Through Apache Lands | R. H. Jayne
Here and there were isolated clumps of rank-odored mesquite, the dreariest looking gray-green bush imaginable.
The Border Boys Across the Frontier | Fremont B. Deering
British Dictionary definitions for dreary
/ (ˈdrɪərɪ) /
sad or dull; dismal
wearying; boring
archaic miserable
Origin of dreary
1- Also (literary): drear
Derived forms of dreary
- drearily, adverb
- dreariness, noun
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