dreary Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˈdrɪə.ri]
  • Us [ ˈdrɪr.i]

Meaning of dreary In English

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Examples of dreary

  • The problem may seem dreary but it still needs spelling out in detail.

  • The text, in traditional number-opera format, is indeed stilted and dreary.

  • Thus, dreary was also assigned to the class of disyllabic words.

  • Spiritualist treatises are, in most cases, dreary compendiums of facts and observations.

  • All that television can offer instead is a dreary keyhole peep at the teenage clan in action.

  • Another reason may be that church members help older people materially and visit them, probably a welcome change in their dreary existence.

  • He gives a clear account of the issues involved in what he calls 'the dreary old nature-nurture problem'.

  • So the building is not dreary and dull.

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Translations of dreary In Other Languages

  • 中文繁体

    沈悶的,單調乏味的,令人沮喪的…

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  • 中文简体

    沉闷的,单调乏味的,令人沮丧的…

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  • Español

    monótono, lúgubre, deprimente [masculine-feminine]…

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  • Português

    lúgubre, enfadonho, triste…

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  • 日本語

    (仕事などが)つまらない, 物悲しい…

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  • Türk dili

    iç karartıcı, kasvetli, sıkıcı…

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  • Français

    maussade, morne, triste…

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  • Catalan

    monòton, depriment…

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