drearyadj.

Brit.

/ˈdrɪəri/, U.S.

/ˈdrɪri/

Forms: Old English dreórig, Middle English drorig, Middle English–1500s dreri(e, -y, Middle English dreori ( drori), Middle English druri, drury, (Middle English drwry, Middle English drewry(e), Middle English–1700s dreeri, dreery, Scottish dreiri, (1500s driery, driry, dryrye), 1500s– dreary.

Etymology: Old English dréorig gory, bloody, sorrowful, sad, < dréor gore, falling blood, apparently < Old Germanic type *dreuzo-z; in ablaut relation to Old Saxon drôr, Old High German trôr gore, blood ( < *drauzo-z), and to Old Norse dreyri ( < drauzon-) gore, blood, whence dreyrigr gory, bloody. Generally referred to the verbal ablaut stem *dreuz-, Old English dréosan to drop, fall. To the same verbal root is ultimately referred Old High German *trûrac, Middle High German trûrec, German traurig sorrowful, sad, which is thus remotely connected in derivation with dréorig, dreary.

†1. Gory, bloody. Obsolete.In Old English; the later instances are doubtful, and may belong to 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > stained > stained or smeared with blood

redOE

bloodyOE

drearyOE

weta1300

bloodedc1300

bleedingc1305

forbled1387

gory?a1500

cruent1524

purpled1561

brued1563

beweltered1565

bloodied1566

beblubbered1582

purple1590

bloodstained1594

ensanguined1628

blood-bedabbled1629

cruentous1648

cruentate1661

begored1683

sanguined1700

bluggy1876

OE Beowulf 1417 Wæter under stod dreorig ond gedrefed.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22462 A blodi rain, a dreri drift.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. F5^v With their drery wounds and bloody gore.

†2. Cruel, dire, horrid, grievous. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > miserable or wretched

un-i-selieOE

drearyOE

unseelyOE

wretcha1122

usellc1175

unselea1200

wretcheda1200

misease?c1225

un-i-sele?c1250

wanlichec1275

miseasyc1300

wrackfulc1311

unblessed1340

wretchfula1382

wretchedful1382

caitiff1393

loddera1400

unhappena1400

pilledc1400

miserable?c1422

vengeablec1430

unhappyc1440

meschant?1473

miserousc1475

unselc1480

miser1542

forlorn1582

villainous1582

skybala1585

unblestful1608

despicable1635

haveless1868

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adjective]

heavyc825

grimc900

strongeOE

hardeOE

drearyOE

eileOE

sweerOE

deara1000

bitterOE

tartc1000

smartOE

unridec1175

sharp?c1225

straitc1275

grievousc1290

fellc1330

shrewda1387

snella1400

unsterna1400

vilea1400

importunea1425

ungainc1425

thrallc1430

peisant1483

sore?a1513

weighty1540

heinous?1541

urgent?1542

asperous?1567

dure1567

spiny1586

searching1590

hoara1600

vengible1601

flinty1613

tugging1642

atrocious1733

uncannya1774

severe1774

stern1830

punishing1833

hefty1867

solid1916

OE Guthlac B 1085 Þam ic georne gæstgerynum, in þas dreorgan tid dædum cwemde, mode ond mægne.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 84 Þe gywes dutten..his deorewurðe muð wið hare dreori fustes.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 214 Þe dreri days fiueten þat sal cum for-wit domes day.

c1440 York Myst. xlvi. 158 What drerye destonye me drew fro þat dede!

1578 T. Ellis True Rep. Last Voy. Meta Incognita sig. Avij^v To ease the shippes sides, from the great and drierie strokes of the yce.

3. Of persons, their actions, state, aspect, etc.: Full of sadness or melancholy; sad, doleful, melancholy: in late use, influenced by 4. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]

ungladc888

wearyc888

drearyc1000

dreary-moodOE

heavyc1000

unmerryOE

droopy?c1225

mournc1275

sada1300

languishinga1325

amayedc1330

matec1330

unlightc1330

unblissful1340

lowa1382

mishappyc1390

dullc1393

elengely1393

droopinga1400

heavy-hearteda1400

joylessa1400

sytefula1400

mornifc1400

tristy?c1400

lightless?1406

heartlessa1413

tristc1420

amatec1425

languoring?c1425

mirthlessc1430

heavisome1435

darkc1440

gloomingc1440

comfortlessc1460

amateda1470

chermatc1475

tristfula1492

lustless?1507

dolorous1513

ruthful1513

downcast1521

deject1528

heartsicka1529

lumpisha1535

coolc1540

dowlyc1540

glum1547

discouraged1548

uncheerfulc1555

dumpish1560

out of heart1565

sadded1566

amoped1573

tristive1578

desolated1580

dejected1581

à la mort1586

delightless1589

afflicted1590

gladless1590

groanful1590

gloomya1593

muddy1592

sitheful1592

cloudy1594

leaden-hearted1596

disconsolated1598

clum1599

life-weary1599

spiritless1600

dusky1602

chop-fallen1604

flat1604

disanimated1605

jaw-fallen1605

moped1606

chap-fallen1608

decheerful1608

uncheerful1612

lacklustrea1616

pulled1616

dumpya1618

depressed1621

head-hung1632

grum1640

downa1644

dispirited1647

down-at-mouth1649

down in (rarely of) the mouth1649

unhearted1650

sunlessa1658

sadful1658

unlightened1659

chagrin1665

saddened1665

damp1667

moping1674

desponding1688

tristitious1694

unenjoying1697

unraised1697

unheartya1699

unked1698

despondent1699

dismal1705

unjoyful1709

unrejoiced1714

dreara1717

disheartened1720

mumpish1721

unrejoicing1726

downhearted1742

out of spirits1745

chagrineda1754

low-spirited1753

sombrea1767

black-blooded1771

glumpy1780

oorie1787

sombrous1789

morose1791

Novemberish1793

glumpish1800

mopeful1800

die-away1802

blue-devilish1804

blue-devilled1807

malagrugrous1818

down in the hip1826

yonderly1828

sunshineless1831

downfaced1832

broody1851

in a (or the) trough1856

blue-devilly1871

drooped1873

glummy1884

pippy1886

humpy1889

pipped1914

lousy1933

pissed1943

crappy1956

doomy1961

bummed1970

c1000 Ælfric Genesis xliv. 14 Hig wurdon swiþe dreorige.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 97 He ifrefrað þa dr [e] oriȝan.

c1315 Shoreham 89 Drery was thy mone.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1454 Now es he blithe, now es he drery.

c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 458 Al drery was his cheere and his lookyng.

a1400–50 Alexander 2989 Sire Dary as a drery man duellis at hame.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 277 Of his deid moir drerie wes ilk man.

c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1728) 17 With sad, driry and quiet countenance.

1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 28 The deaw that from thine eyes and drearie cheekes do flow.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 822 Singing drerie lamentations.

1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 224 Come and fetch the dreary passenger.

1742 W. Shenstone School-mistress xx He, dreary Caitiff, pines.

1844 E. B. Browning Brown Rosary iv. i Only I am dreary; And, mother, of my dreariness, behold me very weary.

4. Dismal, gloomy; repulsively dull or uninteresting. (The ordinary current sense: apparently a later weakening of 2.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing

darkOE

unmerryOE

deathlyc1225

dolefulc1275

elengec1275

dreicha1300

coolc1350

cloudyc1374

sada1375

colda1400

deadlya1400

joylessc1400

unjoyful?c1400

disconsolatea1413

mournfula1425

funeralc1425

uncheerfulc1449

dolent1489

dolesome1533

heavy-hearted1555

glum1558

ungladsome1558

black1562

pleasureless1567

dern1570

plaintive?1570

glummish1573

cheerless1575

comfortless1576

wintry1579

glummy1580

funebral1581

discouraging1584

dernful?1591

murk1596

recomfortless1596

sullen1597

amating1600

lugubrious1601

dusky1602

sable1603

funebrial1604

damping1607

mortifying1611

tearful?1611

uncouth1611

dulsome1613

luctual1613

dismal1617

winterous1617

unked1620

mopish1621

godforsaken?1623

uncheerly1627

funebrious1630

lugubrous1632

drearisome1633

unheartsome1637

feral1641

drear1645

darksome1649

sadding1649

saddening1650

disheartening1654

funebrous1654

luctiferous1656

mestifical1656

tristifical1656

sooty1657

dreary1667

tenebrose1677

clouded1682

tragicala1700

funereal1707

gloomy1710

sepulchrala1711

dumpishc1717

bleaka1719

depressive1727

lugubre1727

muzzy1728

dispiriting1733

uncheery1760

unconsolatory1760

unjolly1764

Decemberly1765

sombre1768

uncouthie1768

depressing1772

unmirthful1782

sombrous1789

disanimating1791

Decemberish1793

grey1794

uncheering1796

ungenial1796

uncomforting1798

disencouraginga1806

stern1812

chilling1815

uncheered1817

dejecting1818

mopey1821

desponding1828

wisht1829

leadening1835

unsportful1837

demoralizing1840

Novemberish1840

frigid1844

morne1844

tragic1848

wet-blanketty1848

morgue1850

ungladdeneda1851

adusk1856

smileless1858

soul-sick1858

Novemberya1864

saturnine1863

down1873

lacklustre1883

Heaven-abandoneda1907

downbeat1952

doomy1967

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious

dreicha1300

alangec1330

joylessa1400

tedious1412

wearifulc1454

weary1465

laboriousa1475

tiresome?a1513

irksome1513

wearisome1530

woodena1566

irkful1570

flat1573

leaden1593

barren1600

soaked1600

unlively1608

dulla1616

irking1629

drearisome1633

drear1645

plumbous1651

fatigable1656

dreary1667

uncurious1685

unenlivened1692

blank1726

disinteresting1737

stupid1748

stagnant1749

trist?1756

vegetable1757

borish1766

uninteresting1769

unenlivening1774

oorie1787

wearying1796

subjectless1803

yawny1805

wearing1811

stuffy1813

sloomy1820

tediousome1823

arid1827

lacklustrous1834

boring1839

featureless1839

slow1840

sodden1853

ennuying1858

dusty1860

cabbagy1861

old1864

mouldy1876

yawnful1878

drab1880

dehydrated1884

interestless1886

jay1889

boresome1895

stodgy1895

stuffy1895

yawnsome1900

sludgy1901

draggy1922

blah1937

nowhere1940

drack1945

stupefactive1970

schleppy1978

wack1986

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 180 Seest thou yon dreary Plain..The seat of desolation, voyd of light..?

1718 M. Prior Power 401 In chains of craggy hill, or lengths of dreary coast.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. lxii. 560 At the dreary prospect of solitude and ruin.

1838 C. Dickens Let. 1 Feb. (1965) I. 365 A house standing alone in the midst of a dreary moor.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 103 The light of London flaring like a dreary dawn.

1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe i. 47 It sounds a very faded and dreary commonplace.

1884 Manch. Examiner 14 May 5/3 The customs which made Sunday the dreariest day in the week are changing.

1897 N.E.D. at Dreary Mod. A dreary speech by a dreary orator.

Compounds

†dreary-mood, dreary-souled, adjs.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]

ungladc888

wearyc888

drearyc1000

dreary-moodOE

heavyc1000

unmerryOE

droopy?c1225

mournc1275

sada1300

languishinga1325

amayedc1330

matec1330

unlightc1330

unblissful1340

lowa1382

mishappyc1390

dullc1393

elengely1393

droopinga1400

heavy-hearteda1400

joylessa1400

sytefula1400

mornifc1400

tristy?c1400

lightless?1406

heartlessa1413

tristc1420

amatec1425

languoring?c1425

mirthlessc1430

heavisome1435

darkc1440

gloomingc1440

comfortlessc1460

amateda1470

chermatc1475

tristfula1492

lustless?1507

dolorous1513

ruthful1513

downcast1521

deject1528

heartsicka1529

lumpisha1535

coolc1540

dowlyc1540

glum1547

discouraged1548

uncheerfulc1555

dumpish1560

out of heart1565

sadded1566

amoped1573

tristive1578

desolated1580

dejected1581

à la mort1586

delightless1589

afflicted1590

gladless1590

groanful1590

gloomya1593

muddy1592

sitheful1592

cloudy1594

leaden-hearted1596

disconsolated1598

clum1599

life-weary1599

spiritless1600

dusky1602

chop-fallen1604

flat1604

disanimated1605

jaw-fallen1605

moped1606

chap-fallen1608

decheerful1608

uncheerful1612

lacklustrea1616

pulled1616

dumpya1618

depressed1621

head-hung1632

grum1640

downa1644

dispirited1647

down-at-mouth1649

down in (rarely of) the mouth1649

unhearted1650

sunlessa1658

sadful1658

unlightened1659

chagrin1665

saddened1665

damp1667

moping1674

desponding1688

tristitious1694

unenjoying1697

unraised1697

unheartya1699

unked1698

despondent1699

dismal1705

unjoyful1709

unrejoiced1714

dreara1717

disheartened1720

mumpish1721

unrejoicing1726

downhearted1742

out of spirits1745

chagrineda1754

low-spirited1753

sombrea1767

black-blooded1771

glumpy1780

oorie1787

sombrous1789

morose1791

Novemberish1793

glumpish1800

mopeful1800

die-away1802

blue-devilish1804

blue-devilled1807

malagrugrous1818

down in the hip1826

yonderly1828

sunshineless1831

downfaced1832

broody1851

in a (or the) trough1856

blue-devilly1871

drooped1873

glummy1884

pippy1886

humpy1889

pipped1914

lousy1933

pissed1943

crappy1956

doomy1961

bummed1970

OE Genesis 2805 Þa se wer hyrde his waldende, draf of wicum dreorigmod tu, idese of earde and his agen bearn.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6541 Herode king. Wass dreriȝmod. & dreofedd.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1103 Þan set he him doun drurymode & dropede for hure sake.

1818 H. H. Milman Samor iv. 97 Dreary-soul'd Barbarians.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dreary
释义	drearyn. Brit. /ˈdrɪəri/, U.S. /ˈdrɪri/ Etymology: < dreary adj. colloquial. A dreary person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > tedious or dull person grub1653 noddeea1680 insipid1699 rocker1762 bore1812 Dryasdust1819 insipidity1822 prose1844 bagpipe1850 vampire1862 pill1865 jeff1870 terebrant1890 poop1893 stodger1905 club bore1910 nudnik1916 stodge1922 dreary1925 dreep1927 binder1930 drip1932 douchebag1946 drear1958 drag1959 noodge1968 anorak1984 1925 N. Coward Hay Fever i. 39 Damn, damn! It's those drearies. 1936 H. G. Wells Anat. Frustration xiv. 165 The parade of donnish and scholastic drearies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). drearyadj. Brit. /ˈdrɪəri/, U.S. /ˈdrɪri/ Forms: Old English dreórig, Middle English drorig, Middle English–1500s dreri(e, -y, Middle English dreori ( drori), Middle English druri, drury, (Middle English drwry, Middle English drewry(e), Middle English–1700s dreeri, dreery, Scottish dreiri, (1500s driery, driry, dryrye), 1500s– dreary. Etymology: Old English dréorig gory, bloody, sorrowful, sad, < dréor gore, falling blood, apparently < Old Germanic type dreuzo-z; in ablaut relation to Old Saxon drôr, Old High German trôr* gore, blood ( < drauzo-z), and to Old Norse dreyri* ( < drauzon-) gore, blood, whence dreyrigr gory, bloody. Generally referred to the verbal ablaut stem dreuz-, Old English dréosan* to drop, fall. To the same verbal root is ultimately referred Old High German trûrac, Middle High German trûrec, German traurig* sorrowful, sad, which is thus remotely connected in derivation with dréorig, dreary. †1. Gory, bloody. Obsolete.In Old English; the later instances are doubtful, and may belong to 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > stained > stained or smeared with blood redOE bloodyOE drearyOE weta1300 bloodedc1300 bleedingc1305 forbled1387 gory?a1500 cruent1524 purpled1561 brued1563 beweltered1565 bloodied1566 beblubbered1582 purple1590 bloodstained1594 ensanguined1628 blood-bedabbled1629 cruentous1648 cruentate1661 begored1683 sanguined1700 bluggy1876 OE Beowulf 1417 Wæter under stod dreorig ond gedrefed. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22462 A blodi rain, a dreri drift. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. F5^v With their drery wounds and bloody gore. †2. Cruel, dire, horrid, grievous. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > miserable or wretched un-i-selieOE drearyOE unseelyOE wretcha1122 usellc1175 unselea1200 wretcheda1200 misease?c1225 un-i-sele?c1250 wanlichec1275 miseasyc1300 wrackfulc1311 unblessed1340 wretchfula1382 wretchedful1382 caitiff1393 loddera1400 unhappena1400 pilledc1400 miserable?c1422 vengeablec1430 unhappyc1440 meschant?1473 miserousc1475 unselc1480 miser1542 forlorn1582 villainous1582 skybala1585 unblestful1608 despicable1635 haveless1868 the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adjective] heavyc825 grimc900 strongeOE hardeOE drearyOE eileOE sweerOE deara1000 bitterOE tartc1000 smartOE unridec1175 sharp?c1225 straitc1275 grievousc1290 fellc1330 shrewda1387 snella1400 unsterna1400 vilea1400 importunea1425 ungainc1425 thrallc1430 peisant1483 sore?a1513 weighty1540 heinous?1541 urgent?1542 asperous?1567 dure1567 spiny1586 searching1590 hoara1600 vengible1601 flinty1613 tugging1642 atrocious1733 uncannya1774 severe1774 stern1830 punishing1833 hefty1867 solid1916 OE Guthlac B 1085 Þam ic georne gæstgerynum, in þas dreorgan tid dædum cwemde, mode ond mægne. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 84 Þe gywes dutten..his deorewurðe muð wið hare dreori fustes. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 214 Þe dreri days fiueten þat sal cum for-wit domes day. c1440 York Myst. xlvi. 158 What drerye destonye me drew fro þat dede! 1578 T. Ellis True Rep. Last Voy. Meta Incognita sig. Avij^v To ease the shippes sides, from the great and drierie strokes of the yce. 3. Of persons, their actions, state, aspect, etc.: Full of sadness or melancholy; sad, doleful, melancholy: in late use, influenced by 4. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] ungladc888 wearyc888 drearyc1000 dreary-moodOE heavyc1000 unmerryOE droopy?c1225 mournc1275 sada1300 languishinga1325 amayedc1330 matec1330 unlightc1330 unblissful1340 lowa1382 mishappyc1390 dullc1393 elengely1393 droopinga1400 heavy-hearteda1400 joylessa1400 sytefula1400 mornifc1400 tristy?c1400 lightless?1406 heartlessa1413 tristc1420 amatec1425 languoring?c1425 mirthlessc1430 heavisome1435 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 comfortlessc1460 amateda1470 chermatc1475 tristfula1492 lustless?1507 dolorous1513 ruthful1513 downcast1521 deject1528 heartsicka1529 lumpisha1535 coolc1540 dowlyc1540 glum1547 discouraged1548 uncheerfulc1555 dumpish1560 out of heart1565 sadded1566 amoped1573 tristive1578 desolated1580 dejected1581 à la mort1586 delightless1589 afflicted1590 gladless1590 groanful1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 sitheful1592 cloudy1594 leaden-hearted1596 disconsolated1598 clum1599 life-weary1599 spiritless1600 dusky1602 chop-fallen1604 flat1604 disanimated1605 jaw-fallen1605 moped1606 chap-fallen1608 decheerful1608 uncheerful1612 lacklustrea1616 pulled1616 dumpya1618 depressed1621 head-hung1632 grum1640 downa1644 dispirited1647 down-at-mouth1649 down in (rarely of) the mouth1649 unhearted1650 sunlessa1658 sadful1658 unlightened1659 chagrin1665 saddened1665 damp1667 moping1674 desponding1688 tristitious1694 unenjoying1697 unraised1697 unheartya1699 unked1698 despondent1699 dismal1705 unjoyful1709 unrejoiced1714 dreara1717 disheartened1720 mumpish1721 unrejoicing1726 downhearted1742 out of spirits1745 chagrineda1754 low-spirited1753 sombrea1767 black-blooded1771 glumpy1780 oorie1787 sombrous1789 morose1791 Novemberish1793 glumpish1800 mopeful1800 die-away1802 blue-devilish1804 blue-devilled1807 malagrugrous1818 down in the hip1826 yonderly1828 sunshineless1831 downfaced1832 broody1851 in a (or the) trough1856 blue-devilly1871 drooped1873 glummy1884 pippy1886 humpy1889 pipped1914 lousy1933 pissed1943 crappy1956 doomy1961 bummed1970 c1000 Ælfric Genesis xliv. 14 Hig wurdon swiþe dreorige. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 97 He ifrefrað þa dr [e] oriȝan. c1315 Shoreham 89 Drery was thy mone. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1454 Now es he blithe, now es he drery. c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 458 Al drery was his cheere and his lookyng. a1400–50 Alexander 2989 Sire Dary as a drery man duellis at hame. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 277 Of his deid moir drerie wes ilk man. c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1728) 17 With sad, driry and quiet countenance. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 28 The deaw that from thine eyes and drearie cheekes do flow. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 822 Singing drerie lamentations. 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 224 Come and fetch the dreary passenger. 1742 W. Shenstone School-mistress xx He, dreary Caitiff, pines. 1844 E. B. Browning Brown Rosary iv. i Only I am dreary; And, mother, of my dreariness, behold me very weary. 4. Dismal, gloomy; repulsively dull or uninteresting. (The ordinary current sense: apparently a later weakening of 2.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing darkOE unmerryOE deathlyc1225 dolefulc1275 elengec1275 dreicha1300 coolc1350 cloudyc1374 sada1375 colda1400 deadlya1400 joylessc1400 unjoyful?c1400 disconsolatea1413 mournfula1425 funeralc1425 uncheerfulc1449 dolent1489 dolesome1533 heavy-hearted1555 glum1558 ungladsome1558 black1562 pleasureless1567 dern1570 plaintive?1570 glummish1573 cheerless1575 comfortless1576 wintry1579 glummy1580 funebral1581 discouraging1584 dernful?1591 murk1596 recomfortless1596 sullen1597 amating1600 lugubrious1601 dusky1602 sable1603 funebrial1604 damping1607 mortifying1611 tearful?1611 uncouth1611 dulsome1613 luctual1613 dismal1617 winterous1617 unked1620 mopish1621 godforsaken?1623 uncheerly1627 funebrious1630 lugubrous1632 drearisome1633 unheartsome1637 feral1641 drear1645 darksome1649 sadding1649 saddening1650 disheartening1654 funebrous1654 luctiferous1656 mestifical1656 tristifical1656 sooty1657 dreary1667 tenebrose1677 clouded1682 tragicala1700 funereal1707 gloomy1710 sepulchrala1711 dumpishc1717 bleaka1719 depressive1727 lugubre1727 muzzy1728 dispiriting1733 uncheery1760 unconsolatory1760 unjolly1764 Decemberly1765 sombre1768 uncouthie1768 depressing1772 unmirthful1782 sombrous1789 disanimating1791 Decemberish1793 grey1794 uncheering1796 ungenial1796 uncomforting1798 disencouraginga1806 stern1812 chilling1815 uncheered1817 dejecting1818 mopey1821 desponding1828 wisht1829 leadening1835 unsportful1837 demoralizing1840 Novemberish1840 frigid1844 morne1844 tragic1848 wet-blanketty1848 morgue1850 ungladdeneda1851 adusk1856 smileless1858 soul-sick1858 Novemberya1864 saturnine1863 down1873 lacklustre1883 Heaven-abandoneda1907 downbeat1952 doomy1967 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious dreicha1300 alangec1330 joylessa1400 tedious1412 wearifulc1454 weary1465 laboriousa1475 tiresome?a1513 irksome1513 wearisome1530 woodena1566 irkful1570 flat1573 leaden1593 barren1600 soaked1600 unlively1608 dulla1616 irking1629 drearisome1633 drear1645 plumbous1651 fatigable1656 dreary1667 uncurious1685 unenlivened1692 blank1726 disinteresting1737 stupid1748 stagnant1749 trist?1756 vegetable1757 borish1766 uninteresting1769 unenlivening1774 oorie1787 wearying1796 subjectless1803 yawny1805 wearing1811 stuffy1813 sloomy1820 tediousome1823 arid1827 lacklustrous1834 boring1839 featureless1839 slow1840 sodden1853 ennuying1858 dusty1860 cabbagy1861 old1864 mouldy1876 yawnful1878 drab1880 dehydrated1884 interestless1886 jay1889 boresome1895 stodgy1895 stuffy1895 yawnsome1900 sludgy1901 draggy1922 blah1937 nowhere1940 drack1945 stupefactive1970 schleppy1978 wack1986 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 180 Seest thou yon dreary Plain..The seat of desolation, voyd of light..? View more context for this quotation 1718 M. Prior Power 401 In chains of craggy hill, or lengths of dreary coast. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. lxii. 560 At the dreary prospect of solitude and ruin. 1838 C. Dickens Let. 1 Feb. (1965) I. 365 A house standing alone in the midst of a dreary moor. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 103 The light of London flaring like a dreary dawn. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe i. 47 It sounds a very faded and dreary commonplace. 1884 Manch. Examiner 14 May 5/3 The customs which made Sunday the dreariest day in the week are changing. 1897 N.E.D. at Dreary Mod. A dreary speech by a dreary orator. Compounds †dreary-mood, dreary-souled, adjs. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] ungladc888 wearyc888 drearyc1000 dreary-moodOE heavyc1000 unmerryOE droopy?c1225 mournc1275 sada1300 languishinga1325 amayedc1330 matec1330 unlightc1330 unblissful1340 lowa1382 mishappyc1390 dullc1393 elengely1393 droopinga1400 heavy-hearteda1400 joylessa1400 sytefula1400 mornifc1400 tristy?c1400 lightless?1406 heartlessa1413 tristc1420 amatec1425 languoring?c1425 mirthlessc1430 heavisome1435 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 comfortlessc1460 amateda1470 chermatc1475 tristfula1492 lustless?1507 dolorous1513 ruthful1513 downcast1521 deject1528 heartsicka1529 lumpisha1535 coolc1540 dowlyc1540 glum1547 discouraged1548 uncheerfulc1555 dumpish1560 out of heart1565 sadded1566 amoped1573 tristive1578 desolated1580 dejected1581 à la mort1586 delightless1589 afflicted1590 gladless1590 groanful1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 sitheful1592 cloudy1594 leaden-hearted1596 disconsolated1598 clum1599 life-weary1599 spiritless1600 dusky1602 chop-fallen1604 flat1604 disanimated1605 jaw-fallen1605 moped1606 chap-fallen1608 decheerful1608 uncheerful1612 lacklustrea1616 pulled1616 dumpya1618 depressed1621 head-hung1632 grum1640 downa1644 dispirited1647 down-at-mouth1649 down in (rarely of) the mouth1649 unhearted1650 sunlessa1658 sadful1658 unlightened1659 chagrin1665 saddened1665 damp1667 moping1674 desponding1688 tristitious1694 unenjoying1697 unraised1697 unheartya1699 unked1698 despondent1699 dismal1705 unjoyful1709 unrejoiced1714 dreara1717 disheartened1720 mumpish1721 unrejoicing1726 downhearted1742 out of spirits1745 chagrineda1754 low-spirited1753 sombrea1767 black-blooded1771 glumpy1780 oorie1787 sombrous1789 morose1791 Novemberish1793 glumpish1800 mopeful1800 die-away1802 blue-devilish1804 blue-devilled1807 malagrugrous1818 down in the hip1826 yonderly1828 sunshineless1831 downfaced1832 broody1851 in a (or the) trough1856 blue-devilly1871 drooped1873 glummy1884 pippy1886 humpy1889 pipped1914 lousy1933 pissed1943 crappy1956 doomy1961 bummed1970 OE Genesis 2805 Þa se wer hyrde his waldende, draf of wicum dreorigmod tu, idese of earde and his agen bearn. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6541 Herode king. Wass dreriȝmod. & dreofedd. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1103 Þan set he him doun drurymode & dropede for hure sake. 1818 H. H. Milman Samor iv. 97 Dreary-soul'd Barbarians. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † drearyv. Forms: In Old English dreórgian, Middle English dreri. Etymology: < dreary adj. Obsolete. a. intransitive. To be dreary. (Only Old English). ΚΠ c1000 Ruine 30 (Bosw.) Ðas hofu dreorgiaþ. b. transitive. To make dreary, sadden. (Only Middle English). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)] drearya1300 discomfortc1325 batec1380 to cast downa1382 to throw downa1382 dullc1386 faintc1386 discomfita1425 discourage1436 sinkc1440 mischeera1450 discheerc1454 amatea1500 bedowa1522 damp1548 quail1548 dash1550 exanimate1552 afflict1561 dank1565 disanimate1565 sadden1565 languish1566 deject1581 dumpc1585 unheart1593 mope1596 chill1597 sour1600 disgallant1601 disheart1603 dishearten1606 fainten1620 depress1624 sullen1628 tristitiate1628 disliven1631 dampen1633 weigh1640 out-spirit1643 dispirit1647 flat1649 funeralize1654 hearta1658 disencourage1659 attrist1680 flatten1683 dismalizec1735 blue-devil1812 out-heart1845 downweigh1851 to get down1861 frigidize1868 languor1891 downcast1914 neg1987 a1300 E.E. Psalter xxxvii. 7 Alle dai dreried I in-went. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1925adj.OEv.c1000
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drearyn.

drearyadj.

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† drearyv.