dreary — ozdic

Definitions

adj

1

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...

2

Grievous, dire; appalling.

noun

1

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.

I'm taking it all down. The trivialities. The ramblings. The drearies. The trites.

Collocations

5

ADJ.

last, rainy, straight, wet

VERB + DREARY

go, makes, seen, weather

DREARY + NOUN

brood, day, evening, existence, graveyard, landscape, night, november

PREP.

amid, in, in, on, out, out, than, up

ADV.

again, quite, such

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — causing dejection

adjective — lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

drab

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

It had rained for three days straight, and the dreary weather dragged the townspeople's spirits down.

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02

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...

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03

It was on a dreary night of November, that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils.

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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.

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05

I'm taking it all down. The trivialities. The ramblings. The drearies. The trites.

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06

I've got to go to another dreary meeting tomorrow.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, dreary is marked as obsolete, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.