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drea·ry  (drîr)

adj. drea·ri·er, drea·ri·est

1. Dismal; bleak.

2. Boring; dull: dreary tasks.

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[Middle English dreri, bloody, frightened, sad, from Old English drorig, bloody, sad, from dror, gore; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

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dreari·ly adv.

dreari·ness n.

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dreary [ˈdrɪərɪ]

adj drearier, dreariest

1. sad or dull; dismal

2. wearying; boring

3. Archaic miserable Also (literary) drear

[Old English drēorig gory; related to Old High German trūreg sad]

drearily  adv

dreariness  n

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" drab dull - 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, dark cheerless, 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"

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dreary

adjective

1. 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, joyful

2. 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 Midwest

Translations

dreary [ˈdrɪərɪ] ADJ (drearier (compar) (dreariest (superl))) [landscape, weather] → gris, inhóspito; [life, work] → monótono, aburrido; [book, speech] → pesado

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dreary [ˈdrɪəri] adj (= dismal) [place] → triste; [life] → monotone; [day] → ennuyeux/euse

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dreary

adj (+er) place → trostlos; hour, day, month → trostlos, öde; job, life → eintönig, monoton; clothes → langweilig; play, book → langweilig, öde

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dreary [ˈdrɪərɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (landscape) → tetro/a; (weather) → deprimente; (life) → squallido/a; (work, book, speech) → noioso/a, monotono/a

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dreary [ˈdrɪərɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (landscape) → tetro/a; (weather) → deprimente; (life) → squallido/a; (work, book, speech) → noioso/a, monotono/a

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dreary

adj dreary [ˈdriəri]

1 gloomy What dreary weather! trietsige كَئيب، مُثير للكآبَه мрачен pochmurný trist; trøstesløs trostlos μελαγχολικός triste sünge دلتنگ کننده synkkä triste קוֹדֵר उदास turoban, žalostan komor muram drungalegur cupo わびしい 우울한, 황량한 rūškanas, niūrus drūms suram somber trist, grå, kjedelig ponury triste posomorât, trist тоскливый pochmúrny pust turoban dyster, mörk, trist มืดมน kasvetli, iç karartıcı 陰鬱的 похмурий, понурий بے لطف ảm đạm 阴郁的

2 very dull I've got to go to another dreary meeting tomorrow. eentonige قابِضٌ للصَّدْر، مُغِم скучен nudný kedelig öde ανιαρός monótono, pesado igav ملالت بار pitkästyttävä ennuyeux מְשָעֲמֵם नीरस dosadan sivár membosankan leiðinlegur noioso 退屈な 따분한 nykus garlaicīgs membosankan saai kjedelig, ensformig nudny enfadonho plictisitor скучный nudný dolgočasen dosadan trist, tråkig น่าเบื่อ can sıkıcı, sıkıntı verici 沈悶的 нудний بے کیف buồn tẻ 沉闷的

adv drearily

eentonige بصورة كَئيبَه скучно pochmurně trist; trøstesløst; kedeligt trostlos μελαγχολικά, ανιαρά monótonamente, pesadamente süngelt غمگینانه synkeästi tristement בְקָדרוּת उदासी से dosadno siváran penuh kemuraman drungalega; leiðinlega tristemente わびしく 울적하게, 따분하게 niūriai, nykiai drūmi; garlaicīgi dengan cara yang membosankan somber kjedelig, trist posępnie insipidamente posomorât, trist тоскливо pochmúrne otožno dosadno dystert อย่างมืดมน iç karartıcı bir şekilde 沈悶地 похмуро, понуро بے لطفی سے một cách buồn tẻ 沉闷地

n dreariness

eentonigheid كآبَه، غَم скучност ponurost, chmurnost tristhed; trøstesløshed; kedsomhed die Trostlosigkeit μελαγχολικότητα, ανιαρότητα tristeza, monotonía süngus حزن synkeys tristesse קָדרוּת उदासी dosada, žalost sivárság kemuraman drungi desolazione, tristezza わびしさ 울적함, 따분함 niūrumas, nykumas drūmums; garlaicība kebosanan somberheid kjedsomhet, tristhet posępność insipidez tristeţe тоскливость ponurosť otožnost dosada dysterhet ความมืดมน kasvetlilik 沈悶 похмурість, понурість بے لطفی sự buồn tẻ 沉闷