Definition of Dreary

Drear´y   Pronunciation: drēr´ŷ
a.1.Sorrowful; distressful.
2.Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy.
Full many a dreary anxious hour.
- Keble.


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