dreary

Words with a similar base: dreary

'dreary'

[drab.s.01] as in: lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

Examples:
her drab personality
life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas
a series of dreary dinner parties

'dreary'

[blue.s.08] as in: causing dejection

Examples:
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

Origins

					dreary (English)
└── drery (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── dreorig (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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