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dreary

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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.

dreary
Adjective
[drearier, dreariest] dull or uninteresting: there are long streets of dreary red houses spreading everywhere [Old English drēorig gory]
drearily adv
dreariness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
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"
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"

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 << OPPOSITE exciting
Translations
Spanish dreary [ˈdrɪərɪ] adjmonótono, aburrido
French dreary [ˈdrɪərɪ] adjtriste; monotone
German dreary [ˈdrɪərɪ] adjlangweilig;
(weather) → trüb

Italian dreary [ˈdrɪərɪ] adjtetro/a; monotono/a

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This will I do, dear Queen, and never leave his dreary home, till the sunlight falls on flowers fair as those that bloom in our own dear land.
The church was in one of the dreary quarters of London, situated between the City and the West End; the day was dull; the atmosphere was heavy and damp.
With anxious grapnels I had sounded my pocket, and only brought up a few pieces of silver, --So, wherever you go, Ishmael, said I to myself, as I stood in the middle of a dreary street shouldering my bag, and comparing the gloom towards the north with the darkness towards the south --wherever in your wisdom you may conclude to lodge for the night, my dear Ishmael, be sure to inquire the price, and don't be too particular.
 
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