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Dreary

//ˈdɹɪəɹi//

Synonyms for "dreary" (261 found)

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Informal (43)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(5 words)

flat heavy dead slow sore

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(9 words)

mean black blue blank grim dim gray grey grizzle

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

sharp stiff bitter ill

Adj, adv, intj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, adv, noun, slang(3 words)

cold evil everlasting

Adj, name, noun, phrase, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(7 words)

ordinary stuffy poky miserable gloomy pearly draggy

Adj, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

fade drab dingy

Adj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(3 words)

wretched livid painful

Name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, slang(1 words)

General use (218)

Adj, name, verb(3 words)

dull sober weary

Adjective(10 words)

blue dark grim drab gloomy dingy sorry dismal disconsolate drear

Adj, name, noun, verb(5 words)

dark pale grave silver boring

Adj, noun, verb(22 words)

empty moving lowering unhappy foreboding overcast sullen dapple monotone plodding downcast threatening menacing forlorn singsong sombre glum dismaying discouraging tiring

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boding saddening

Adj, verb(17 words)

leaden desolate somber depressed ashen distressing etiolated dappled prolix grizzled depressing affecting disheartening unpromising silvered discomforting dispiriting

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun(21 words)

superficial inane dismal barren melancholy unfortunate pedestrian deplorable bleak mousy dour humdrum invariable depressant grizzly apocalyptic taupe dryasdust depressive drear

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Adjective(95 words)

solemn jejune effete sinister lifeless smoky insipid vapid spiritless poignant silvery grievous bloodless ominous oppressive untoward sterile ponderous tedious unfavorable

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Adj, name(3 words)

steely gaunt wooden

Adj, noun, prep, verb(1 words)

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

Noun, verb(3 words)

treadmill harping wearying

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gray-spotted gray-toned lead-gray mouse-gray pearl-gray slate-colored smoke-gray steel-gray stone-colored broken-record

Adj, intj(2 words)

Noun(2 words)

jog-trot silver-gray

Verb(2 words)

grayed portending

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