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dreary - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'dreary' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dreary [ superl.]
- Sorrowful; distressful.
- Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy.

Meaning of 'dreary' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dreary [ s]
Meaning (1):
- causing dejection
Example in sentence:
  • a blue day;
  • a dark gloomy day;
  • a disconsolate winter landscape;
  • a week of rainy depressing weather;
  • grim rainy weather;
  • the dark days of the war;
  • the first dismal dispiriting days of November
Meaning (2):
- lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
Example in sentence:
  • a series of dreary dinner parties;
  • her drab personality;
  • life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas

Nearby Words:

dread dread-bolted dreadable dreaded dreader dreadful dreadfully dreadfulness dreading dreadingly

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