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dreary
English
Etymology
From Middle English drery, from Old English dr?ori? (“sad”), from Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz (“bloody”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?rews- (“to break, break off, crumble”), equivalent to drear +? -y. Cognate with Dutch treurig (“sad, gloomy”), Low German trurig (“sad”), German traurig (“sad, sorrowful, mournful”), Old Norse dreyrigr (“bloody”). Related to Old English dr?or (“blood, falling blood”), Old English drysmian (“to become gloomy”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d???i/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d????i/
- Rhymes: -???i, -??i
Adjective
dreary (comparative drearier or more dreary, superlative dreariest or most dreary)
- 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...
- (obsolete) Grievous, dire; appalling.
Derived terms
- drear
- drearihead
- drearihood
- drearily
- dreariment
- dreariness
- drearisome
Translations
Anagrams
- Ardrey, Drayer, yarder, yarred
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joyless
English
Etymology
From joy +? -less.
Adjective
joyless (comparative more joyless, superlative most joyless)
- without joy; unhappy, sad
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:sad or Thesaurus:cheerless
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