dreary, adj.
(drearier, dreariest)
freq. cnt. 1
(drearier, dreariest)
freq. cnt. 1
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
drab dreary
sample sentences
"her drab personality""life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"
"a series of dreary dinner parties"
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causing dejection
<adj.all>
blue dark dingy disconsolate dismal drab drear dreary gloomy grim sorry
sample sentences
"a blue day""the dark days of the war"
"a week of rainy depressing weather"
"a disconsolate winter landscape"
"the first dismal dispiriting days of November"
"a dark gloomy day"
"grim rainy weather"
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