dreary 音标拼音: [dr'ɪri]
a . 沉闷的
沈闷的
dreary adj 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
drab }, {
dreary }]
2 :
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 " [
synonym : {
blue },
{
dark }, {
dingy }, {
disconsolate }, {
dismal }, {
gloomy }, {
grim },
{
sorry }, {
drab }, {
drear }, {
dreary }]
Dreary \
Drear "
y \ (
dr [=
e ]
r "[
y ^]),
a . [
Compar . {
Drearier };
superl .
{
Dreariest }.] [
OE .
dreori ,
dreri ,
AS .
dre ['
o ]
rig ,
sad ;
akin to G .
traurig ,
and prob .
to AS .
dre ['
o ]
san to fall ,
Goth .
driusan .
Cf . {
Dross }, {
Drear }, {
Drizzle }, {
Drowse }.]
1 .
Sorrowful ;
distressful . [
Obs .] "
Dreary shrieks ."
--
Spenser .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Exciting cheerless sensations ,
feelings ,
or associations ;
comfortless ;
dismal ;
gloomy . "
Dreary shades ." --
Dryden .
"
The dreary ground ." --
Prior .
[
1913 Webster ]
Full many a dreary anxious hour . --
Keble .
[
1913 Webster ]
Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of that dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity . --
Macaulay .
[
1913 Webster ]
228 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dreary ":
Quaker -
colored ,
acier ,
affecting ,
afflictive ,
apocalyptic ,
arid ,
ashen ,
ashy ,
bad ,
baleful ,
banausic ,
baneful ,
barren ,
bitter ,
black ,
blah ,
blank ,
bleak ,
bloodless ,
blue ,
bodeful ,
boding ,
boring ,
broken -
record ,
canescent ,
characterless ,
cheerless ,
cinereous ,
cinerous ,
cold ,
colorless ,
comfortless ,
dapple ,
dapple -
gray ,
dappled ,
dappled -
gray ,
dark ,
dead ,
deplorable ,
depressed ,
depressing ,
depressive ,
dim ,
dingy ,
dire ,
discomforting ,
dismal ,
dismaying ,
dispiriting ,
distressful ,
distressing ,
doleful ,
dolorific ,
dolorogenic ,
dolorous ,
doomful ,
dove -
colored ,
dove -
gray ,
downcast ,
drab ,
draggy ,
drear ,
drearisome ,
dry ,
dryasdust ,
dull ,
dusty ,
effete ,
elephantine ,
empty ,
etiolated ,
everlasting ,
evil ,
evil -
starred ,
fade ,
fateful ,
flat ,
foreboding ,
forlorn ,
funebrial ,
funereal ,
glaucescent ,
glaucous ,
gloomy ,
glum ,
grave ,
gray ,
gray -
black ,
gray -
brown ,
gray -
colored ,
gray -
drab ,
gray -
green ,
gray -
spotted ,
gray -
toned ,
gray -
white ,
grayed ,
grayish ,
grievous ,
grim ,
griseous ,
grizzle ,
grizzled ,
grizzly ,
harping ,
heavy ,
ho -
hum ,
hollow ,
humdrum ,
ill ,
ill -
boding ,
ill -
fated ,
ill -
omened ,
ill -
starred ,
inane ,
inauspicious ,
inexcitable ,
insipid ,
invariable ,
iron -
gray ,
jejune ,
jog -
trot ,
joyless ,
lamentable ,
lead -
gray ,
leaden ,
lifeless ,
livid ,
long -
winded ,
low -
spirited ,
lowering ,
melancholy ,
menacing ,
miserable ,
monotone ,
monotonous ,
morose ,
mournful ,
mouse -
colored ,
mouse -
gray ,
mousy ,
moving ,
of evil portent ,
ominous ,
oppressive ,
ordinary ,
painful ,
pale ,
pallid ,
pathetic ,
pearl ,
pearl -
gray ,
pearly ,
pedestrian ,
piteous ,
pitiable ,
plodding ,
poignant ,
pointless ,
poky ,
ponderous ,
portending ,
portentous ,
prolix ,
prosaic ,
regrettable ,
rueful ,
run -
of -
the -
mill ,
sad ,
saddening ,
saturnine ,
sharp ,
silver ,
silver -
gray ,
silvered ,
silvery ,
singsong ,
sinister ,
slate -
colored ,
slaty ,
slow ,
smoke -
gray ,
smoky ,
sober ,
solemn ,
somber ,
sombrous ,
sore ,
sorrowful ,
spiritless ,
steel -
gray ,
steely ,
sterile ,
stiff ,
stodgy ,
stone -
colored ,
stuffy ,
superficial ,
tasteless ,
taupe ,
tedious ,
threatening ,
tiresome ,
tiring ,
touching ,
treadmill ,
triste ,
uncomfortable ,
uneventful ,
unexciting ,
unfavorable ,
unfortunate ,
unhappy ,
uninteresting ,
unlively ,
unlucky ,
unpromising ,
unpropitious ,
untoward ,
unvarying ,
vapid ,
weariful ,
wearisome ,
weary ,
wearying ,
woebegone ,
woeful ,
wooden ,
wretched
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DREARY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster dreary, often interchangeable with dismal, emphasizes discouragement resulting from sustained dullness or futility
DREARY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary DREARY definition: 1 boring and making you feel unhappy: 2 boring and making you feel unhappy: 3 unattractive and… Learn more
DREARY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com DREARY definition: causing sadness or gloom See examples of dreary used in a sentence
dreary adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of dreary adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
Dreary - definition of dreary by The Free Dictionary dreary (ˈdrɪərɪ) adj, drearier or dreariest 1 sad or dull; dismal 2 wearying; boring
dreary - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Adjective dreary (comparative drearier or more dreary, superlative dreariest or most dreary) Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless Synonyms: bleak, gloomy; see also Thesaurus: cheerless, Thesaurus: dim It had rained for three days straight, and the dreary weather dragged the townspeople's spirits down
dreary - WordReference. com Dictionary of English 1 gloomy, dismal, drear, cheerless, depressing, comfortless 2 tedious, monotonous, wearisome, tiresome 1 cheerful 2 interesting In Lists: Nabokov, shoe dog words, more Synonyms: gloomy, cheerless, bleak, drab, dark, more
Dreary - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com 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!
Definition of dreary – Meaning Examples - Better Words When something is characterized as dreary, it implies a persistent sense of bleakness or monotony, often associated with overcast skies, drizzling rain, or a pervasive sense of sadness or boredom
Dreary Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary She longed to leave her dreary [= gloomy, dismal] hometown The family struggled through dreary economic times He spoke drearily of his meager job prospects