blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary
(adjective) causing dejection; âa blue dayâ; âthe dark days of the warâ; âa week of rainy depressing weatherâ; âa disconsolate winter landscapeâ; âthe first dismal dispiriting days of Novemberâ; âa dark gloomy dayâ; âgrim rainy weatherâ
drab, dreary
(adjective) lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; âher drab personalityâ; âlife was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseasâ; âa series of dreary dinner partiesâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dreary (comparative drearier or more dreary, superlative dreariest or most dreary)
Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
(obsolete) Grievous, dire; appalling.
• Ardrey, Drayer, yarder, yarred
Source: Wiktionary
Drear"y, a. [Compar. Drearier; superl. Dreariest.] Etym: [OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dreĂłrig, sad; akin to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dreĂłsan to fall, Goth. driusan. Cf. Dross, Drear, Drizzle, Drowse.]
1. Sorrowful; distressful. [Obs.] " Dreary shrieks." Spenser.
2. Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy. " Dreary shades." Dryden. "The dreary ground." Prior. Full many a dreary anxious hour. Keble. Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of that dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., âthe father of the brideâ instead of âthe brideâs fatherâ
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growersâ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
