Drear
/dɹɪə/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Gloom; sadness. obsolete
Adjective
- 1 Dreary. literary, poetic
"Earth raised up her head From the darkness dread and drear,"
Adjective
- 1 causing dejection wordnet
Example
More examples"Uprose the image of my father dear, / as there I see the monarch, bathed in blood, / like him in prowess and in age his peer. / Uprose Creusa, desolate and drear, / Iulus' peril, and a plundered home."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Shortening of dreary.
Etymology 2
Back-formation from dreary. Compare greed.