drear | ||
1. | [ adjective ] depressing in character or appearance | |
Synonyms: | dreary dismal sorry gloomy drab dingy | |
Examples: | "drove through dingy streets" "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens "drab old buildings" "a dreary mining town" "gloomy tenements" "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams |
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Related terms: | cheerless | |
Similar spelling: |
dreary dryer drier Drayer drawer Drury Drewry Dreyer Dreier Dreher |