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   dreary

   /ˈdrɪəri/

   adjective

   • 1. depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive: "the dreary round of working, eating, and trying to sleep" Similar dulldrabuninterestingflatdrybanalblandinsipidcolourlesslifelesssteriletediouswearisomeboringunexcitingunstimulatinguninspiringdesolatevapidjejunebloodlesssoul-destroyingas dry as dusthumdrumroutinemonotonousuneventfulrun-of-the-millprosaicpedestriancommonplaceeverydayunexceptionalunremarkablequotidianunvariedrepetitivefeaturelessho-humsadmiserabledepressinggrimgloomyglumsombregravedolefulmournfulmelancholicjoylesscheerlesswretchedgloomydismalbleakdulldarkdingymurkyovercastdepressingsombreOpposite excitingcheerfulbright

   Word Origin Old Englishdrēorig ‘gory, cruel’, also ‘melancholy’, from drēor ‘gore’, of Germanic origin; related to German traurig ‘sorrowful’, also to drowsy, and probably to drizzle.

   Derivatives

   • 1. drearily adverb
   • 2. dreariness noun

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   What does Drery mean in English?

   • Boring; dull. Dreary tasks. 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”).

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   What is another word for 'dreary'?

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   What does dreri mean in English?

   • 1. Dismal; bleak. 2. Boring; dull: dreary tasks. [Middle English dreri, bloody, frightened, sad, from Old English drēorig, bloody, sad, from drēor, gore; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots.] drea′ri·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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   What is 'A Dreary Story'?

   • A Dreary Story, also known as 'A Boring Story', is one of Chekhov's enduring works. It is a long short story or short novella narrated by a dying professor of medicine. The professor has ascended to a high station of honor and fame, but the accolades provide little comfort during the final stages of his life as he recounts the story.

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   How do you use dreary in a sentence?

   • The first adjective used in the poem 'I'm Nobody' is "dreary", which suggests a combination of boredom, unhappiness, and sullen ugliness. The speaker uses the word 'dreary' to describe their own existence.

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   What does drear I n mean?

   • 1. causing sadness or gloom; dismal. 2. dull; boring; wearisome. 3. sorrowful; sad; melancholy. drear′i•ness, n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. 1. 2.

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   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.

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