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  2. unattractive and having nothing of any interest, and therefore likely to make you sad: It was a gray, dreary day, with periods of rain. (Definition of dreary from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of dreary. dreary. The problem may seem dreary but it still needs spelling out in detail.

  3. The meaning of DREARY is feeling, displaying, or reflecting listlessness or discouragement. How to use dreary in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dreary.

  4. Dreary definition: causing sadness or gloom.. See examples of DREARY used in a sentence.

  5. 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.

  6. dreary. (drɪəri ) Word forms: drearier , dreariest. adjective. If you describe something as dreary, you mean that it is dull and depressing. ...a dreary little town in the Midwest. They live such dreary lives. Synonyms: dull, boring, tedious, routine More Synonyms of dreary.

  7. boring and making you feel unhappy: a rainy, dreary day. a dreary job. (Definition of dreary from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  8. 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·ly adv. drea′ri·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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