Synonyms for Dreary | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "dreary" (289 found)

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Closest matches (58)

Adjective(11 words)

dismal drab gloomy bleakbleak outlookblue boring dampest dark dingiest dingy

acier affecting afflictive apocalyptic arid ashen ashy bad baleful banausic baneful barren bitter black blah blank bleak bloodless blue bodeful

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Strong matches (87)

dire discomforting discouraging disheartening dismal dismaying dispiriting distressful distressing doleful dolorific dolorogenic dolorous doomful dour dove-colored dove-gray downcast drab draggy

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Adjective(11 words)

disconsolatedismal weatherdrabbest drear drizzly dull dullest gloomiergloomy prosegrayest grim

Noun(1 words)

drudging

Verb(1 words)

glooming

Related words (144)

ill-starred inane inauspicious inexcitable insipid invariable iron-gray jejunejog trotjog-trot joyless lacklustre lamentable lead-gray leaden lifeless lividlong windedlong-windedlow spirited

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low-spirited lowering lugubrious mean melancholy menacing miserable monotone monotonous morose mournfulmouse coloredmouse-colored mouse-gray mousy moving murkyof evil portentominous oppressive ordinary overcast painful pale pallid pathetic pearl pearl-gray pearly pedestrian piteous pitiable plodding poignant pointless poky ponderous portending portentous prolix prosaic quaker-colored regrettable ruefulrun-of-the-millsad saddening saturnine sharp silver silver-gray silvered silvery singsong sinister slate-colored slaty slow smoke-gray smoky sober solemn somber sombre sombrous sore sorrowful spiritless stark steel-gray steely sterile stiff stodgy stone-colored stuffy sullen sunless superficial tasteless taupe tedious threatening tiresome tiring touching treadmill triste uncomfortable uneventful unexciting unfavorable unfortunate unhappy uninteresting unlively unlucky unpromising unpropitious untoward unvarying vapid weariful wearisome weary wearying woebegone woeful wooden wretched

Noun(6 words)

melagramore dismalmost dismalsallow sulkytragic mood

Adjective(8 words)

monotonous nihilistic rainy somber sorry sullen tedious uncheerful

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

6 entries

adjectivedescription wordemotional stateenvironment descriptormood descriptorweather descriptor

More specific

9 entries

bleak landscapebleak settingdrab routinedull skygloomy horizongrim moodmonotonous schedulesomber moodtiresome routine

Collocations

6 entries

dreary classroomdreary daydreary lecturedreary mooddreary noveldreary weather

Inflections

2 entries

drearier dreariest

Derivations

2 entries

drearily dreariness

similar

4 entries

cheerless depressing dull uncheerful

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I've got to go to another dreary meeting tomorrow.

Source: tatoeba (261931)

What makes life dreary is the want of motivation.

Source: tatoeba (270604)

I'm ashamed to tell such a muddled story in this dreary, rainy season, but please bear with me for a while.

Source: tatoeba (326873)

Then, although it was dreary up to the other day, everywhere were flowers, flowers, flowers.

Source: tatoeba (328927)

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Dreary