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1. (adj.) dreary
causing sadness or gloom; dismal.
2. dreary
dull; boring; wearisome.
3. dreary
sorrowful; sad; melancholy.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME drery, OE drēorig gory, cruel, sad)
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1. (adj) drab, dreary
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
"her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner parties"
2. (adj) blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary
causing dejection
"a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
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1. (adjective) dreary
dull and depressing
dreary weather; a dreary town
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1. dreary
sorrowful; distressful
2. dreary
exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy
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Sense: gloomy
What dreary weather!
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 Afrikaans: trietsige |
 Arabic: كَئيب، مُثير للكآبَه |
 Bulgarian: мрачен |
 Brazilian: triste |
 Czech: pochmurný |
 German: trostlos |
 Danish: trist; trøstesløs |
 Greek: μελαγχολικός |
 Spanish: triste |
 Estonian: sünge |
 Farsi: دلتنگ کننده |
 Finnish: synkkä |
 French: triste |
 Hebrew: קוֹדֵר |
 Hindi: उदास |
 Croatian: turoban,žalostan |
 Hungarian: komor |
 Indonesian: muram |
 Icelandic: drungalegur |
 Italian: cupo |
 Japanese: わびしい |
 Korean: 우울한, 황량한 |
 Lithuanian: rūškanas, niūrus |
 Latvian: drūms |
 Malay: suram |
 Dutch: somber |
 Norwegian: trist, grå, kjedelig |
 Polish: ponury |
 Persian: دلتنگ کننده |
 Pashto: زړه تنګكوونكى |
 Portuguese: triste |
 Romanian: posomorât, trist |
 Russian: тоскливый |
 Slovak: pochmúrny |
 Slovenian: pust |
 Serbian: turoban |
 Swedish: dyster, mörk, trist |
 Thai: มืดมน |
 Turkish: kasvetli, iç karartıcı |
 Taiwanese: 陰鬱的 |
 Ukrainian: похмурий, понурий |
 Urdu: بے لطف |
 Vietnamese: ảm đạm |
 Chinese: 阴郁的 |
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