drear
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9.9
- adjective
- /drɪr/
- Archaic
:
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- The landscape looked drear under the heavy grey clouds, making everyone feel sad.
I started to feel dreary and I went, Mel, cut this out.
- I started to feel dreary and I went, Mel, cut this out.
Examples
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In caverns dark and drear?
Fiction book (1992) -
In those drear gray hours before dawn, just go out and chase elephants.
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Now, these are going to be sort of dreary, boring, typical Martin lectures, dreary and boring historical survey.
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Tho' the road be long and drear When the pibroch's ringing clear With the skirl of Stuarts off to war
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As the rain continued to fall in drear sheets, the mood of the festival quickly turned somber.
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In winter, the days can feel drear, with short hours of sunlight and constant gloom.
Synonyms
441
3.5
Feeling very sad and without hope
377
1.0
Feeling gloomy and sad
219
2.2
Making you feel very sad and that things will not get better
205
2.1
Feeling sad or unhappy
73
4.2
Sad and hopeless, making things seem very bad
62
4.5
Making you feel sad and hopeless
44
3.8
A gloomy, boring time that makes you feel sad or tired
37
5.9
Feeling or showing deep sadness
30
6.1
Dull and showing little energy
23
4.2
Not bright or colorful and not lively
23
4.1
Looking or feeling sad and quiet
17
2.1
Making people feel sad because of how it looks or feels
15
7.9
Being quiet and unhappy and showing little interest in others
8
5.0
Cold wet weather that feels unpleasant
5
4.5
Feeling very sad and not hopeful
4
4.2
Dark and dull in color, not bright
Not bright in color and not very interesting
A place with little light that is damp and unpleasant
Dark cloudy weather or a sad heavy mood
Dark and sad in a way that makes you feel unhappy
Causing deep sadness in people or places
A very empty and depressing place like a dark, lifeless land
Antonyms
How Dreary
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word drear comes from an old English word that meant 'sad' and is related to the common word dreary. So a drear place or day feels empty, cold, and depressing.