dreary
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
dreary (comparative drearier, superlative dreariest)
- Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
- It had rained for three days straight, and the dreary weather dragged the townspeople's spirits down.
- Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...
- (obsolete) Grievous, dire; appalling.
- French: terne, insipide
- German: öde, trostlos, trüb, freudlos
- Italian: melanconico, malinconico
- Portuguese: melancólico
- Russian: мра́чный
- Spanish: aburrido, triste
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