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adjective
- 1. (especially of weather) dreary; bleak: Scottish "a cold, dreich early April day"
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sock something/someone in (with sb) sunless. threatening. treacherously. unflyable. ungenial. unseasonable. See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Wet weather & wetness. (Definition of dreich from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
adjective. ˈdrēḵ. Synonyms of dreich. chiefly Scotland. : dreary. Synonyms. black. bleak. cheerless. chill. Cimmerian. cloudy. cold. comfortless. darkening. depressing. depressive. desolate. dire. disconsolate. dismal. dreary. elegiacal. forlorn. funereal.
1. sad or dull; dismal. 2. wearying; boring. 3. archaic. miserable. Also (literary): drear. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'dreich' in a sentence. dreich.
Definition of dreich adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Jun 2, 2024 · dreich ( countable and uncountable, plural dreiches) ( countable, Northern England, North Midlands) A tedious or troublesome task; also, the most tedious or troublesome part of a task. ( uncountable, Scotland) Bleakness, gloom; specifically, gloomy ( cold, overcast, rainy, etc.) weather.
Synonyms for DREICH: bleak, dark, depressing, lonely, somber, darkening, depressive, desolate; Antonyms of DREICH: bright, cheerful, cheery, festive, friendly, sunshiny, comforting, jolly
adjective. dialect. dreary. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of dreich 1. Middle English dreig, drih enduring, from Old English drēog (unattested); see dree. Discover More. Example Sentences. Can you no' give the young ladies wiselike Scotch songs instead o' that dreich Concone?' From Project Gutenberg.
