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drea·ry
(drîr′ē)adj. drea·ri·er, drea·ri·est
1. Dismal; bleak.
2. Boring; dull: dreary tasks.
[Middle English dreri, bloody, frightened, sad, from Old English drēorig, bloody, sad, from drēor, gore; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
drea′ri·ly adv.
drea′ri·ness n.
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dreary
(ˈdrɪərɪ)adj, drearier or dreariest
Also (literary): drear 1. sad or dull; dismal
2. wearying; boring
3. archaic miserable
[Old English drēorig gory; related to Old High German trūreg sad]
ˈdrearily adv
ˈdreariness n
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drear•y
(ˈdrɪər i)adj. drear•i•er, drear•i•est.
1. causing sadness or gloom; dismal.
2. dull; boring; wearisome.
3. sorrowful; sad; melancholy.
[before 900; Middle English drery, Old English drēorig gory, cruel, sad]
drear′i•ly, adv.
drear′i•ness, n.
drear′i•some, adj.
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Adj. | 1. | dreary - 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" dull - lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods" |
2. | dreary - 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" cheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place" |
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dreary
adjective
1. dull, boring, tedious, routine, drab, tiresome, lifeless, monotonous, humdrum, colourless, uneventful, uninteresting, mind-numbing, ho-hum (informal), wearisome, as dry as dust They live such dreary lives.
dull interesting, exciting, fascinating, bright dismal happy, cheerful, joyful
dull interesting, exciting, fascinating, bright dismal happy, cheerful, joyful
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dreary
adjective1. Dark and depressing:
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Translations
قابِضٌ للصَّدْر، مُغِمكَئيب، مُثير للكآبَه
nudnýpochmurný
kedeligtristtrøstesløs
drungalegurleiîinlegur
niūrumasnykiainykumasnykus
drūmsgarlaicīgs
dolgočasenpust
can sıkıcıiç karartıcıkasvetlisıkıntı verici
dreary
[ˈdrɪərɪ] ADJ (drearier (compar) (dreariest (superl))) [landscape, weather] → gris, inhóspito; [life, work] → monótono, aburrido; [book, speech] → pesadoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
dreary
adj (+er) place → trostlos; hour, day, month → trostlos, öde; job, life → eintönig, monoton; clothes → langweilig; play, book → langweilig, öde
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
dreary
[ˈdrɪərɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (landscape) → tetro/a; (weather) → deprimente; (life) → squallido/a; (work, book, speech) → noioso/a, monotono/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dreary
(ˈdriəri) adjective1. gloomy. What dreary weather!
2. very dull. I've got to go to another dreary meeting tomorrow.
ˈdrearily adverbˈdreariness noun
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dreary
a. monótono-a, escabroso-a, pesado-a.
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