Definitionadj. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
Last update: September 22, 2016
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Dreary people make others dreary. [adjective]
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It was a dreary day. [adjective]
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Your dimpled smile makes me happy for the rest of the dreary day. [adjective]
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It was one ray of light in a dreary winter 's afternoon. [adjective]
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"'Tis not probable that any are as houseless as ourselves in this dreary forest."' [adjective]
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Here is a long reach of dreary exposure, facing the west unprofitably, with a shallow slope of brown sand, and a scour of tide, and no pleasant moorings. [adjective]
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Why can't I have a few dear little mischievous innocents to amuse me in the long dreary nights. [adjective]
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Thus the tower commanded two prospects, the one richly cultivated and highly adorned, the other exhibiting the monotonous and dreary character of a wild and inhospitable moorland. [adjective]
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In addition is the burden which is laid on many women of looking after a "home, sweet home"--cold, dreary, disorderly, uninviting--after a day's hard work. [adjective]
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"No, she does not know, she does not understand," muttered the old woman with a dreary smile. [adjective]
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