dreary

  • 31dreary — adjective Syn: dull, uninteresting, tedious, boring, unexciting, unstimulating, uninspiring, soul destroying, monotonous, uneventful Ant: exciting …

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  • 32dreary — drear•y [[t]ˈdrɪər i[/t]] adj. drear•i•er, drear•i•est 1) causing sadness or gloom; dismal 2) dull; boring; wearisome 3) sorrowful; sad; melancholy • Etymology: bef. 900; ME drery, OE drēorig gory, cruel, sad drear′i•ly, adv. drear′i•ness, n.… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 33dreary — /ˈdrɪəri / (say drearree) adjective (drearier, dreariest) 1. causing sadness or gloom. 2. dull. 3. Obsolete sad; sorrowful. Also, Poetic, drear. {Middle English drery, Old English drēorig gory, cruel, sad} –drearily, adverb –dreariness, noun …

  • 34dreary —   Kuanea, kaumaha …

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  • 35dreary — adj. (drearier, dreariest) dismal, dull, gloomy. Derivatives: drearily adv. dreariness n. Etymology: OE dreorig f. dreor gore: rel. to dreosan to drop f. Gmc …

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  • 36Drearier — Dreary Drear y (dr[=e]r [y^]), a. [Compar. {Drearier}; superl. {Dreariest}.] [OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dre[ o]rig, sad; akin to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dre[ o]san to fall, Goth. driusan. Cf. {Dross}, {Drear}, {Drizzle}, {Drowse}.] 1.… …

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  • 37Dreariest — Dreary Drear y (dr[=e]r [y^]), a. [Compar. {Drearier}; superl. {Dreariest}.] [OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dre[ o]rig, sad; akin to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dre[ o]san to fall, Goth. driusan. Cf. {Dross}, {Drear}, {Drizzle}, {Drowse}.] 1.… …

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  • 38lovercast — dreary, overcast weather outside that makes lovers want to stay in and snuggle with each other with inside. I predict lovercast weather with the impending clouds and rain …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 39lovercast — dreary, overcast weather outside that makes lovers want to stay in and snuggle with each other with inside. I predict lovercast weather with the impending clouds and rain …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 40dreich — dreary and tedious, as in “The minister s sermon was gey dreich the day” …

    Scottish slang