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Drear

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Dreary.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Dreary.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Dismal; gloomy with solitude.

n. Sadness; dismalness.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Dreary.

n. Dread; dismalness; grief; sorrow; dreadfulness.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. causing dejection

Word Usage

"With all this she was happier than she knew, and after Shelley's death she exclaims, with tragic conviction, "Alas! having lived day by day with one of the wisest, best, and most affectionate of spirits, how void, bare, and drear is the scene of life!""

Equivalent

depressing cheerless uncheerful

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

dismal sadness dismalness

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

cheerless ourt inhospitable heathy sunless arctic trackless lonesome wintry brown-stone