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Dreary
Pronunciation : Drear"y
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dre?rig, sad; akin to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dre?san to fall, Goth. driusan. Cf. Dross, Drear, Drizzle, Drowse.]
Definition : 1. Sorrowful; distressful. [Obs.] " Dreary shrieks." Spenser.
2. Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy. " Dreary shades." Dryden. "The dreary ground." Prior. Full many a dreary anxious hour. Keble. Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of that dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity. Macaulay.
[Compar. Drearier; superl. Dreariest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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