dreich
A tedious or troublesome taskA tedious or troublesome task; also, the most tedious or troublesome part of a task.
» The evening was dreich.
Der Abend war düster.
Meaning
2 senses(Midlands, North, Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, countable)A tedious or troublesome task; also, the most tedious or troublesome part of a task.
(Midlands, North, Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, uncountable)Bleakness, gloom; specifically, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.) weather.
Examples
1 sentencesThe evening was dreich.
deDer Abend war düster. — freddy1
Origin
The adjective is borrowed from Scots dreich (“hard to bear, dreary, tedious, wearisome; inThe adjective is borrowed from Scots dreich (“hard to bear, dreary, tedious, wearisome; interminable, long-winded; dull, uninteresting; slow, tardy; doleful, gloomy; baffling, difficult; difficult to reach, inaccessible”), from Middle English dregh, dri, drie (“burdensome; depressing, dismal; large, tall; lasting, long; long-suffering, patient; tedious; of blows: hard, heavy; of the face: unchanging, unmoved; of a person: strong, valorous”) [and other forms], from Old English *drēog, drēoh (“earnest; fit; sober”), and then probably partly:
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