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   dreary

   /ˈdrɪəri/

   adjective

   • 1. depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive: "the dreary round of working, eating, and trying to sleep" Similar dulldrabuninterestingflatdrybanalblandinsipidcolourlesslifelesssteriletediouswearisomeboringunexcitingunstimulatinguninspiringdesolatevapidjejunebloodlesssoul-destroyingas dry as dusthumdrumroutinemonotonousuneventfulrun-of-the-millprosaicpedestriancommonplaceeverydayunexceptionalunremarkablequotidianunvariedrepetitivefeaturelessho-humsadmiserabledepressinggrimgloomyglumsombregravedolefulmournfulmelancholicjoylesscheerlesswretchedgloomydismalbleakdulldarkdingymurkyovercastdepressingsombreOpposite excitingcheerfulbright

   Word Origin Old Englishdrēorig ‘gory, cruel’, also ‘melancholy’, from drēor ‘gore’, of Germanic origin; related to German traurig ‘sorrowful’, also to drowsy, and probably to drizzle.

   Derivatives

   • 1. drearily adverb
   • 2. dreariness noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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