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- Dictionarydreary/ˈdrɪəri/
adjective
- 1. depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive: "the dreary round of working, eating, and trying to sleep" Similar Opposite
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unattractive and having nothing of any interest, and therefore likely to make you sad: It was a gray, dreary day, with periods of rain. (Definition of dreary from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of dreary. dreary. The problem may seem dreary but it still needs spelling out in detail.
The meaning of DREARY is feeling, displaying, or reflecting listlessness or discouragement. How to use dreary in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dreary.
When something is dreary it's depressing or lifeless in a rainy-day way. I finished my work, there was nothing on TV, and the rain just wouldn't stop: what a dreary day! Dreary can refer to a feeling, a place, a time, or even a thing.
Dreary definition: causing sadness or gloom.. See examples of DREARY used in a sentence.
Definition of 'dreary' Word Frequency. dreary. (drɪəri ) Word forms: comparative drearier , superlative dreariest. adjective. If you describe something as dreary, you mean that it is dull and depressing. ...a dreary little town in the Midwest. They live such dreary lives. Synonyms: dull, boring, tedious, routine More Synonyms of dreary.
From Middle English drery, from Old English drēoriġ (“dreary, sad, sorrowful, mournful, pensive, causing grief, cruel, horrid, grievous, bloody, blood-stained, gory, glorious”), from Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz (“bloody”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreus-(“to break, break off, crumble”).
Definition of dreary adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc.
Definition of dreary adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DREARY meaning: boring and making you feel unhappy: . Learn more.
