adjective · rare

dreary

dreary · drearier · dreariest

темний

печальный, грустный, мрачный, тоскливый

öde, trüb, trostlos, freudlos

Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerlessDrab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.

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UK/ˈdɹɪəɹi/US/ˈdɹɪɚi/

» It's a dreary place.

Es ist ein trostloser Ort.

Meaning

2 senses

Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
It had rained for three days straight, and the dreary weather dragged the townspeople's spirits down.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...
öde, trostlos, trüb
мра́чныйmráčnyj, тоскли́выйtosklívyj, печа́льныйpečálʹnyj
(obsolete)Grievous, dire; appalling.

More definitions

lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
causing dejection

Examples

17 sentences

It's a dreary place.
deEs ist ein trostloser Ort.
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The weather is quite dreary today.
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Today it again is quite dreary.
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I've got to go to another dreary meeting tomorrow.
deIch muss morgen zu einer weiteren öden Sitzung gehen.
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What makes life dreary is the want of motivation.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

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Deutsch

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Origin

From Middle English drery, from Old English drēoriġ (“sad”), from Proto-West Germanic *dre

From Middle English drery, from Old English drēoriġ (“sad”), from Proto-West Germanic *dreuʀag, from Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz (“bloody”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews- (“to break, break off, crumble”), equivalent to drear + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian trurich (“sad, dreary”), West Frisian treurich (“sad, dreary”), Dutch treurig (“sad, gloomy”), Low German trurig (“sad”), German traurig (“sad, sorrowful, mournful”), Old Norse dreyrugr, dreyrigr (“bloody, gory”), whence Icelandic dreyrugur (“bloody”). Related to Old English drēor (“blood, falling blood”), Old English drysmian (“to become gloomy”).

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