a. [ Compar. Drearier superl. Dreariest. ] [ OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dreórig, sad; akin to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dreósan 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 ]

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

blue

(adj) causing dejection, Syn. disconsolate, grim, gloomy, dreary, drear, dismal, drab, dingy, dark, sorry, Example: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

boringness

(n) extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest, Syn. insipidness, dreariness, insipidity

dismally

(adv) in a cheerless manner, Syn. drearily, Example:in August 1914 , there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future

drab

(adj) lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise, Syn. dreary, Example:her drab personality; life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas; a series of dreary dinner parties

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

厌倦

[厌倦 / 厭倦, yàn juàn] dreary; to tired of; to be weary of #12541

凄迷

[凄迷, qī mí] dreary and fuzzy (sight) #62300

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

寒々しい;寒寒しい

[さむざむしい, samuzamushii] (adj-i) bleak; chilly; dreary

遣る瀬無い;遣る瀬ない;やる瀬ない

[やるせない, yarusenai] (adj-i) helpless; cheerless; miserable; disconsolate; dreary; downhearted

荒涼;荒寥

[こうりょう, kouryou] (adj-t, adv-to) desolate; dreary; bleak

索莫;索漠;索寞

[さくばく, sakubaku] (adj-t, adv-to) dreary; bleak; desolate

殺風景

[さっぷうけい, sappuukei] (adj-na, n) tasteless; dreary; tastelessness

寂寞;寂莫(iK)

[せきばく;じゃくまく, sekibaku ; jakumaku] (n) (1) loneliness; desolation; (adj-t, adv-to, adj-no) (2) lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted; (3) harsh (words); cutting (criticism); (vs) (4) to separate in thought; to consider as independent

落莫

[らくばく, rakubaku] (adj-t, adv-to) desolate; dreary; lonesome

侘しい;侘びしい(io);佗しい(iK)

[わびしい, wabishii] (adj-i) miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless

蕭条

[しょうじょう, shoujou] (adj-t, adv-to) dreary; bleak; lonely

蕭蕭;蕭々

[しょうしょう, shoushou] (adv-to, adj-t) drearily; with desolation; with loneliness (esp. the rain and wind)

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Öde { f }; Trostlosigkeit { f }

dreariness

Tristheit { f }