dreariness

Examples

• All

• This scenario seems almost unimaginable when compared with the dreariness, chaos, and ugliness of many middle school hallways and classrooms.

  Academic text (2001)

• George remembers the river of his childhood and the dreariness and industrial nature of its shore.

  Blog text (2)

• I am very sorry, and not just for the dreariness of life here.

  Fiction book (1993)

• How could one overcome such dreariness?

  Fiction book (1993)

• I feel like I'm suffocating under all this dreariness.

  Fiction book (1995)

• I'd be in the fields in the midst of a bright day, and a dreariness would mysteriously descend.

  Fiction book (1992)

• It would be pleasant, she thought as she prepared her palette, to be able to blame my picture's dreariness, its lifelessness, on the Silurian vista.

  Fiction book (2000)

• One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires.

  Blog text (31)

• Many people struggle with feelings of dreariness during the long winter months.

• The dreariness of the rainy day made everyone want to stay indoors.

Synonyms

G

gloom

vsdreariness

49 3.2

A feeling of sadness and low spirits

is broader, highlighting dull lack of interest rather than only sadness

D

dullness

vsdreariness

3 3.7

Something that is not interesting or exciting

is gloomier and more emotionally sad rather than only unengaging

B

bleakness

vsdreariness

3 6.3

A cold, empty feeling that makes a place or situation seem sad

is milder and more about boring lack of interest than harsh emptiness

B

boringness

vsdreariness

2 3.8

A state that makes you lose interest

is more about a sad, gloomy atmosphere than simple boredom

D

deadness

vsdreariness

2 5.3

A state of no life or energy that makes a person feel empty

is more connected to a sad, gloomy atmosphere than mere lifelessness

D

drabness

vsdreariness

1 5.1

A plain, dull appearance with no bright color or style

relates more to mood and sadness than to visual plainness

L

lifelessness

vsdreariness

1 5.4

A lack of life, energy, or movement

adds emotional gloom and lack of interest beyond mere no energy

V

vapidity

vsdreariness

1 9.3

A lack of energy and interest in speech or writing

adds a sad, gloomy feeling beyond mere lack of liveliness

G

gloominess

vsdreariness

1 3.4

A feeling of sadness and little hope felt by people or in a place

is less purely sad and more about lacking interest or excitement

I

insipidity

vsdreariness

1 9.6

Lack of flavor or interest that makes something dull

carries more of a gloomy, sad mood than simple blandness

V

vapidness

vsdreariness

1 8.4

A feeling that something is dull and boring

is gloomier and more emotionally heavy than flatness alone

S

stodginess

vsdreariness

• UK

1 8.4

A serious, old-fashioned style that feels boring

focuses more on sadness and dull mood than formal heaviness

I

insipidness

vsdreariness

1 8.2

Being dull and without strong taste or interest

leans more toward sadness and gloom than merely being bland

D

desolateness

vsdreariness

1 7.5

A feeling of being very lonely and empty after loss

is more general lack of interest rather than focused loneliness or emptiness

Antonyms

I

interest

∞ 1.0

A feeling of wanting to know more about something

E

excitement

417 1.0

A strong feeling of happiness and eagerness, or something that causes it

How Dreary

desolation

8 7.6

gloom

49 3.2

bleakness

3 6.3

dreariness

1 6.2

dullness

2 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology