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Showing words for DREARY using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Dreary

dreary, yarder

5 Letter Words for Dreary

arder, darer, darre, deary, deray, derry, drear, dryer, eyrar, rared, rayed, ready, redry, ryder, yarer, yeard

4 Letter Words for Dreary

adry, ared, ayre, daer, dare, darr, dear, dray, drey, dyer, eard, eyra, rade, rare, read, rear, yade, yard, yare, yarr, yead, year, yerd

3 Letter Words for Dreary

ade, ady, aer, ard, are, arr, ary, aye, ayr, dae, dar, day, dea, der, dey, dry, dye, ead, ear, era, erd, err, eyr, rad, ray, rea, red, rya, rye, yad, yar, yea, yed, yer

Definitions for Dreary

[1] causing sadness or gloom.
[2] dull; boring.
[3] sorrowful; sad.
[4] sad or dull; dismal
[5] wearying; boring
[6] archaic miserable

Words related to Dreary

tedious, dingy, wretched, lonely, humdrum, monotonous, colorless, boring, damp, somber, sad, depressing, windy, dismal, uneventful, drab, forlorn, wintry, uninteresting, dull

Words nearby Dreary

dreamtime, dreamwork, dreamy, dreamy state, drear, dreary, dreck, drecksill, dred scott decision, dredge, dredge up

Origin of Dreary

before 900; Middle English drery, Old English drēorig gory, cruel, sad, equivalent to drēor gore + -ig -y1; akin to Old Norse dreyrigr bloody, German traurig sad

Other words from Dreary

drear·i·ly , adverb
drear·i·ness , noun
drear·i·some , adjective

Word origin for Dreary

Old English drēorig gory; related to Old High German trūreg sad

Synonyms for Dreary

bleak, boring, colorless, damp, depressing, dingy, dismal, drab, dull, forlorn, humdrum, lonely, monotonous, sad, somber, tedious, uneventful, uninteresting, windy, wintry, wretched, black, blah, cheerless, comfortless, depressive, dispiriting, doleful, downcast, funereal, glum, joyless, lonesome, melancholy, mournful, oppressive, pedestrian, raw, routine, sorrowful, wearisome