Sekirov Dictionary

dreary

/ˈdɹɪəɹi/

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 5

adjective2

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Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
- It had rained for three days straight, and the dreary weather dragged the townspeople's spirits down.
- Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...
(no longer used) Grievous, dire; appalling.

noun1

•
(rare) A dreary person or thing.
- In the glow of this project Steele manages to forget altogether the parade of donnish and scholastic drearies, the barricades of schoolbooks, texts, examinations with which he has dealt so faithfully.

forms

drearies · drearier · more dreary · dreariest · most dreary

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