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Dreariness

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drea·ry  (drîr)
adj. drea·ri·er, drea·ri·est
1. Dismal; bleak.
2. Boring; dull: dreary tasks.
[Middle English dreri, bloody, frightened, sad, from Old English drorig, bloody, sad, from dror, gore; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
dreari·ly adv.
dreari·ness n.
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Noun1.dreariness - extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest
boringness, insipidity, insipidness
dullness - the quality of lacking interestingness; "the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"
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What tho' the moon - the white moon Shed all the splendour of her noon, Her smile is chilly - and her beam, In that time of dreariness, will seem(So like you gather in your breath) A portrait taken after death.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
The charm of life was gone; there was nothing but dreariness left.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
our summer atones with its mildness for the dreariness and perils of our winter; it has even given me a colour, pale-face as I am--I can feel it burn on my cheek.
Imagination and Heart by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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