Local English word record

drear

adjective · 1 sense

causing dejection

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Examples

  • 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

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Synonyms

blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, dreary

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