dreary meaning and definition

DREARY adjective

Definition of dreary (adjective)

1. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
   • "her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner parties"
   • synonyms: drab
2. causing dejection
   • "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
   • synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, gloomy, grim, sorry