Definition of dreary in English:

dreary

adjectivedreariest, drearier ˈdrɪəriˈdrɪri

Depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive.
the dreary round of working, eating, and trying to sleep
工作、吃饭以及想办法睡觉这种单调乏味的循环。
Example sentencesExamples
- It had not occurred to me until I stood there that what we were doing was more than clearing the landscape of dreary sheep.
- How better to brighten up a sedate outfit, or add a dash of colour to an otherwise dreary day?
- So the shop opened in dreary February, when indulgence isn't on many minds.
- That is not to imply that they are having dreary days and a summer sacrificed to community service.
- On the wrong day traffic can be backed up almost its entire dreary length giving the road its present bad reputation.
- These men were more interested in ideas than in the dreary routines of manual labour.
- For many of them, Miami shopping adds significance to their otherwise dreary lives.
- A wall of bare branches and actual rain falling evokes the dreary time of year.
- What dreary, conservative, uninvolved lives previous generations led in comparison.
- My hand could not write nearly as fast as my mind wound round the dreary tone of the poem.
- Last but not least, she wanted to know when she would be allowed to leave this dreary old flat!
- The Bank's pronouncements flow from an equally dreary view that inflation is yet again about to take off.
- You often describe your house husband days as dreary and full of angst.
- So, what does anything of this dreary autumn reminiscence have to do with politics?
- Do you ever feel like your life is falling into a dreary, pointless routine?
- You know you're in a bad food place when takeaways are the boring dreary option.
- The rugby matched the dark dreary weather as Malton made struggled to keep their unbeaten home record intact.
- Post-war England was dreary and depressing and I was delighted at the prospect of getting away.
- Outside, everything was as damp and dreary as virtually every day of this sopping wet month has been.
- Many a dreary office afternoon has been passed picturing a life in photography.
Synonyms
dull, drab, uninteresting, flat, dry, banal, bland, insipid, colourless, lifeless, sterile, tedious, wearisome, boring, unexciting, unstimulating, uninspiring, desolate, vapid, jejune, bloodless, soul-destroying, as dry as dust
humdrum, routine, monotonous, uneventful, run-of-the-mill, prosaic, pedestrian, commonplace, everyday, unexceptional, unremarkable, quotidian, unvaried, repetitive, featureless, ho-hum
sad, miserable, depressing, grim, gloomy, glum, sombre, grave, doleful, mournful, melancholic, joyless, cheerless, wretched
gloomy, dismal, bleak, dull, dark, dingy, murky, overcast, depressing, sombre

Derivatives

drearily

adverbˈdrɪərɪliˈdrɪrəli

‘I don't know and I have no opinion,’ he said drearily.
Example sentencesExamples
- And there is a sense, too, in which this is a problem of style; because when one opens the contemporary novel, the first thing one notices is how drearily written it is.
- People walked drearily through the wet streets with dull Sunday faces, longing for all to be over.
- Sure as night followed day, Sunday would trail drearily into Monday, as the utterly predictable process of the working week began again.
- Everyone drearily began to descend the stairs.

dreariness

noun ˈdrɪərɪnəsˈdrɪrinəs

It's bright and homely… displaying none of the drab and dreariness you'd expect for any kind of health-related centre.
Example sentencesExamples
- It will take years and years before it's natural dreariness is overcome.
- Located in the eastern part of the city on a once dry and desolate vast piece of land, today it is a fascinating beehive of activities, the dreariness having given place to eye catching greenery and multiple activities.
- By sheer force of contrast, after the washed out bleak dreariness of the English winter I'm beginning to understand the stature of Spring in English literature.
- Both groups separately discuss the boredom and dreariness of their lives and decide to have a night out on the town - predictably ending up in the same place.

Origin

Old English drēorig 'gory, cruel', also 'melancholy', from drēor 'gore', of Germanic origin; related to German traurig 'sorrowful', also to drowsy, and probably to drizzle.

In Saxon times dreary was ‘gory, bloody’. It came from a word meaning ‘gore’ which was related to Old English drēosan ‘to drop, fall’, the source of dreary drizzle (mid 16th century). The modern sense ‘depressingly dull and bleak’ did not develop until the mid 17th century.

Rhymes

beery, bleary, cheery, dearie, Dun Laoghaire, eerie, eyrie (US aerie), Kashmiri, leery, peri, praemunire, query, smeary, teary, theory, weary

Definition of dreary in US English:

dreary

adjectiveˈdrɪriˈdrirē

Dull, bleak, and lifeless; depressing.
沉闷的，枯燥无味的；阴郁的；无生气的；令人沮丧的
the dreary routine of working, eating, and trying to sleep
工作、吃饭以及想办法睡觉这种单调乏味的循环。
Example sentencesExamples
- Do you ever feel like your life is falling into a dreary, pointless routine?
- It had not occurred to me until I stood there that what we were doing was more than clearing the landscape of dreary sheep.
- Many a dreary office afternoon has been passed picturing a life in photography.
- You often describe your house husband days as dreary and full of angst.
- Last but not least, she wanted to know when she would be allowed to leave this dreary old flat!
- What dreary, conservative, uninvolved lives previous generations led in comparison.
- How better to brighten up a sedate outfit, or add a dash of colour to an otherwise dreary day?
- These men were more interested in ideas than in the dreary routines of manual labour.
- So, what does anything of this dreary autumn reminiscence have to do with politics?
- The Bank's pronouncements flow from an equally dreary view that inflation is yet again about to take off.
- My hand could not write nearly as fast as my mind wound round the dreary tone of the poem.
- For many of them, Miami shopping adds significance to their otherwise dreary lives.
- A wall of bare branches and actual rain falling evokes the dreary time of year.
- That is not to imply that they are having dreary days and a summer sacrificed to community service.
- Outside, everything was as damp and dreary as virtually every day of this sopping wet month has been.
- The rugby matched the dark dreary weather as Malton made struggled to keep their unbeaten home record intact.
- Post-war England was dreary and depressing and I was delighted at the prospect of getting away.
- So the shop opened in dreary February, when indulgence isn't on many minds.
- On the wrong day traffic can be backed up almost its entire dreary length giving the road its present bad reputation.
- You know you're in a bad food place when takeaways are the boring dreary option.
Synonyms
dull, drab, uninteresting, flat, dry, banal, bland, insipid, colourless, lifeless, sterile, tedious, wearisome, boring, unexciting, unstimulating, uninspiring, desolate, vapid, jejune, bloodless, soul-destroying, as dry as dust
sad, miserable, depressing, grim, gloomy, glum, sombre, grave, doleful, mournful, melancholic, joyless, cheerless, wretched
gloomy, dismal, bleak, dull, dark, dingy, murky, overcast, depressing, sombre

Origin

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

词汇	dreary
释义	Definition of dreary in English: dreary adjectivedreariest, drearier ˈdrɪəriˈdrɪri Depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive. the dreary round of working, eating, and trying to sleep 工作、吃饭以及想办法睡觉这种单调乏味的循环。 Example sentencesExamples It had not occurred to me until I stood there that what we were doing was more than clearing the landscape of dreary sheep. How better to brighten up a sedate outfit, or add a dash of colour to an otherwise dreary day? So the shop opened in dreary February, when indulgence isn't on many minds. That is not to imply that they are having dreary days and a summer sacrificed to community service. On the wrong day traffic can be backed up almost its entire dreary length giving the road its present bad reputation. These men were more interested in ideas than in the dreary routines of manual labour. For many of them, Miami shopping adds significance to their otherwise dreary lives. A wall of bare branches and actual rain falling evokes the dreary time of year. What dreary, conservative, uninvolved lives previous generations led in comparison. My hand could not write nearly as fast as my mind wound round the dreary tone of the poem. Last but not least, she wanted to know when she would be allowed to leave this dreary old flat! The Bank's pronouncements flow from an equally dreary view that inflation is yet again about to take off. You often describe your house husband days as dreary and full of angst. So, what does anything of this dreary autumn reminiscence have to do with politics? Do you ever feel like your life is falling into a dreary, pointless routine? You know you're in a bad food place when takeaways are the boring dreary option. The rugby matched the dark dreary weather as Malton made struggled to keep their unbeaten home record intact. Post-war England was dreary and depressing and I was delighted at the prospect of getting away. Outside, everything was as damp and dreary as virtually every day of this sopping wet month has been. Many a dreary office afternoon has been passed picturing a life in photography. Synonyms dull, drab, uninteresting, flat, dry, banal, bland, insipid, colourless, lifeless, sterile, tedious, wearisome, boring, unexciting, unstimulating, uninspiring, desolate, vapid, jejune, bloodless, soul-destroying, as dry as dust humdrum, routine, monotonous, uneventful, run-of-the-mill, prosaic, pedestrian, commonplace, everyday, unexceptional, unremarkable, quotidian, unvaried, repetitive, featureless, ho-hum sad, miserable, depressing, grim, gloomy, glum, sombre, grave, doleful, mournful, melancholic, joyless, cheerless, wretched gloomy, dismal, bleak, dull, dark, dingy, murky, overcast, depressing, sombre Derivatives drearily adverbˈdrɪərɪliˈdrɪrəli ‘I don't know and I have no opinion,’ he said drearily. Example sentencesExamples And there is a sense, too, in which this is a problem of style; because when one opens the contemporary novel, the first thing one notices is how drearily written it is. People walked drearily through the wet streets with dull Sunday faces, longing for all to be over. Sure as night followed day, Sunday would trail drearily into Monday, as the utterly predictable process of the working week began again. Everyone drearily began to descend the stairs. dreariness noun ˈdrɪərɪnəsˈdrɪrinəs It's bright and homely… displaying none of the drab and dreariness you'd expect for any kind of health-related centre. Example sentencesExamples It will take years and years before it's natural dreariness is overcome. Located in the eastern part of the city on a once dry and desolate vast piece of land, today it is a fascinating beehive of activities, the dreariness having given place to eye catching greenery and multiple activities. By sheer force of contrast, after the washed out bleak dreariness of the English winter I'm beginning to understand the stature of Spring in English literature. Both groups separately discuss the boredom and dreariness of their lives and decide to have a night out on the town - predictably ending up in the same place. Origin Old English drēorig 'gory, cruel', also 'melancholy', from drēor 'gore', of Germanic origin; related to German traurig 'sorrowful', also to drowsy, and probably to drizzle. In Saxon times dreary was ‘gory, bloody’. It came from a word meaning ‘gore’ which was related to Old English drēosan ‘to drop, fall’, the source of dreary drizzle (mid 16th century). The modern sense ‘depressingly dull and bleak’ did not develop until the mid 17th century. Rhymes beery, bleary, cheery, dearie, Dun Laoghaire, eerie, eyrie (US aerie), Kashmiri, leery, peri, praemunire, query, smeary, teary, theory, weary Definition of dreary in US English: dreary adjectiveˈdrɪriˈdrirē Dull, bleak, and lifeless; depressing. 沉闷的，枯燥无味的；阴郁的；无生气的；令人沮丧的 the dreary routine of working, eating, and trying to sleep 工作、吃饭以及想办法睡觉这种单调乏味的循环。 Example sentencesExamples Do you ever feel like your life is falling into a dreary, pointless routine? It had not occurred to me until I stood there that what we were doing was more than clearing the landscape of dreary sheep. Many a dreary office afternoon has been passed picturing a life in photography. You often describe your house husband days as dreary and full of angst. Last but not least, she wanted to know when she would be allowed to leave this dreary old flat! What dreary, conservative, uninvolved lives previous generations led in comparison. How better to brighten up a sedate outfit, or add a dash of colour to an otherwise dreary day? These men were more interested in ideas than in the dreary routines of manual labour. So, what does anything of this dreary autumn reminiscence have to do with politics? The Bank's pronouncements flow from an equally dreary view that inflation is yet again about to take off. My hand could not write nearly as fast as my mind wound round the dreary tone of the poem. For many of them, Miami shopping adds significance to their otherwise dreary lives. A wall of bare branches and actual rain falling evokes the dreary time of year. That is not to imply that they are having dreary days and a summer sacrificed to community service. Outside, everything was as damp and dreary as virtually every day of this sopping wet month has been. The rugby matched the dark dreary weather as Malton made struggled to keep their unbeaten home record intact. Post-war England was dreary and depressing and I was delighted at the prospect of getting away. So the shop opened in dreary February, when indulgence isn't on many minds. On the wrong day traffic can be backed up almost its entire dreary length giving the road its present bad reputation. You know you're in a bad food place when takeaways are the boring dreary option. Synonyms dull, drab, uninteresting, flat, dry, banal, bland, insipid, colourless, lifeless, sterile, tedious, wearisome, boring, unexciting, unstimulating, uninspiring, desolate, vapid, jejune, bloodless, soul-destroying, as dry as dust sad, miserable, depressing, grim, gloomy, glum, sombre, grave, doleful, mournful, melancholic, joyless, cheerless, wretched gloomy, dismal, bleak, dull, dark, dingy, murky, overcast, depressing, sombre Origin Old English drēorig ‘gory, cruel’, also ‘melancholy’, from drēor ‘gore’, of Germanic origin; related to German traurig ‘sorrowful’, also to drowsy, and probably to drizzle.
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