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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
dreary [ˈdrɪərɪ] adjmonótono, aburrido

dreary [ˈdrɪərɪ] adjtriste; monotone

dreary [ˈdrɪərɪ] adjlangweilig;
(weather) → trüb

dreary [ˈdrɪərɪ] adjtetro/a; monotono/a

dreary
adj dreary [ˈdriəri]
1 gloomy What dreary weather! trietsige كَئيب، مُثير للكآبَه мрачен pochmurný trist; trøstesløs trostlos μελαγχολικός triste sünge دلتنگ کننده synkeä triste קוֹדֵר उदास turoban, žalostan komor muram drungalegur cupo わびしい 울적한 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
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 tylsä 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
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
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


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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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