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   Drear·y

   /ˈdrirē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. dull, bleak, and lifeless; depressing: "the dreary routine of working, eating, and trying to sleep" Similar dulldrabuninterestingflatdrybanalblandinsipidcolorlesslifelesssteriletediouswearisomeboringunexcitingunstimulatinguninspiringdesolatevapidjejunebloodlesssoul-destroyingas dry as dusthumdrumroutinemonotonousuneventfulrun-of-the-millprosaicpedestriancommonplaceeverydayunexceptionalunremarkablequotidianunvariedrepetitivefeaturelessho-humsadmiserabledepressinggrimgloomyglumsombergravedolefulmournfulmelancholicjoylesscheerlesswretchedgloomydismalbleakdulldarkdingymurkyovercastdepressingsomberOpposite excitingcheerfulbright

   Word Origin Old Englishdrēorig ‘gory, cruel’, also ‘melancholy’, from drēor ‘gore’, of Germanic origin; related to German traurig ‘sorrowful’, also to drowsy, and probably to drizzle.

   Derivatives

   • 1. drearily adverb
   • 2. dreariness noun

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