Associations to the word «Dreary»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
DREARY, adjective. (obsolete) Grievous, dire; appalling.
DREARY, adjective. Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
Dictionary definition
DREARY, adjective. 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".
DREARY, adjective. 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".
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