1) Arid 2) Bleak 3) Boring 4) Cheerless 5) Cloudy 6) Dismal 7) Doleful 8) Dour 9) Drab 10) Drear 11) Dull 12) Gloomy 13) Glum 14) Humdrum 15) Miserable 16) Ordinary 17) Tiresome 18) Uncheerful 19) Uninteresting 20) Unwelcoming
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1) Bleak 2) Boring 3) Boring daydreamer misses dame 4) Causing dejection 5) Causing sadness or gloom 6) Cheerless 7) Depressingly dismal 8) Dingy 9) Dismal 10) Drab 11) Drear 12) Dull 13) Dull and depressing 14) Exclusively Anglo word 15) Exclusively Saxon word 16) Fifth word of The Raven 17) Full of gloom
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• (superl.) Sorrowful; distressful. • (superl.) Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy.
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http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/dreary/
Gloomy, sad, depressed etc. Of course, it may also have the modern meaning i.e. tiresome, boring etc.
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http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
Drear'y (drēr'ȳ)
adjective [
Compar. Drearier ;
superl. Dreariest .] [ Middle English
dreori ,
dreri , Anglo-Saxon
dreórig , sad; akin to German
traurig , and probably to Anglo-Saxon
dreósan...Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/121
causing sadness or gloom. · dull; boring. · sorrowful; sad.
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https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/dreary
[SAT terms] causing dejection
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https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/148845
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
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https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/1829038
[Literary terms] lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
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https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/412281
No exact match found.
