drearier; dreariest
1
: feeling, displaying, or reflecting listlessness or discouragement
cheer a dreary mind—
George Berkeley
George BerkeleySynonyms
- black
- bleak
- cheerless
- chill
- Cimmerian
- cloudy
- cold
- comfortless
- dark
- darkening
- depressing
- depressive
- desolate
- dire
- disconsolate
- dismal
- drear
- dreich [chiefly Scottish]
- elegiac
- elegiacal
- forlorn
- funereal
- gloomy
- glum
- godforsaken
- gray
- grey
- lonely
- lonesome
- lugubrious
- miserable
- morbid
- morose
- murky
- plutonian
- saturnine
- sepulchral
- solemn
- somber
- sombre
- sullen
- sunless
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- wretched
Examples of dreary in a Sentence
It was a gray, dreary morning.
The family struggled through dreary economic times.
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Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
The later bulbs follow, their cheer and warmth saving us from the dreary depths of a cloudy, gray, Ohio Valley winter.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 15 Nov. 2024
Nearly 1,000 miles northwest, green and yellow Green Bay Packers flags punctured the otherwise dreary, rainy gray skies, as the Wisconsin faithful replaced their trademark cheesehead hats with ponchos and tried to stay dry under pop-up tents before their contest with the Detroit Lions.
—Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
For many Americans, the commute to work involves dreary slogs through traffic and crowded subway trains, but some European ports offer a tantalizing glimpse into the future of sustainable electrical transport that will transform urban waterways.
—Leah Carroll, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Dreary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dreary. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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dreary
adjective
drea·ry
ˈdri(ə)r-ē 
drearier
ˈdrir-ē-ər
; dreariest
: having nothing that provides cheer, comfort, or interest
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