Definition
Meaning of 'dreary'
Meaning of 'dreary' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Dreary 
[ superl.]
- Sorrowful; distressful. [ superl.]- Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy.
Meaning of 'dreary' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. dreary [ s]
[ s]Meaning (1):
- causing dejection
- 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
- 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
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