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Dreary Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ary

Dreary has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

"her drab personality"

"life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"

"a series of dreary dinner parties"

2

causing dejection

"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"

3

Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.

Example Sentences
"her drab personality" adjective
"life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas" adjective
"a series of dreary dinner parties" adjective
"a blue day" adjective
"the dark days of the war" adjective
"a week of rainy depressing weather" adjective
"a disconsolate winter landscape" adjective
"the first dismal dispiriting days of November" adjective
"a dark gloomy day" adjective
"grim rainy weather" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ary bary vary mary dary gary cary wary nary fary viary neary weary spary ovary snary teary hoary leary beary
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