What is another word for drear?
226 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɹˈi͡ə], [ dɹˈiə], [ d_ɹ_ˈiə]
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Synonyms for Drear:
adj.
• bleak (adjective)- discouraging,
- lonely,
- black,
- sad,
- dismal,
- gloomy,
- grim,
- cheerless,
- joyless,
- funereal,
- hard,
- hopeless,
- melancholy,
- mournful,
- dreary,
- comfortless,
- oppressive,
- disheartening,
- dark,
- harsh,
- somber.
- commonplace,
- stereotyped,
- threadbare,
- prosaic,
- interminable,
- spiritless,
- stale,
- cloying,
- repetitious,
- dead,
- stodgy,
- unexciting,
- nothing,
- zero,
- tame,
- insipid,
- platitudinous,
- trite,
- colorless,
- arid,
- bummer,
- moth-eaten,
- lifeless,
- stupid,
- bromidic,
- flat,
- vapid,
- tiring,
- routine,
- drag,
- plebeian,
- drudging,
- bomb,
- mundane.
n.
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- tiresome,
- dry,
- uninteresting,
- boring,
- tedious,
- stuffy,
- humdrum,
- Irksome,
- dull,
- excite,
- weary,
- monotonous,
- wearisome.
- drab.
Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- depressive,
- lugubrious,
- Drearisome,
- sluggish,
- sane,
- good-for-nothing,
- darkening,
- lamentable,
- aristocratical,
- misery,
- gray,
- saturnine,
- good-for-naught,
- Sombrous,
- empty,
- grisly,
- gentle,
- gloom,
- unlighted,
- poor,
- lowering,
- sombre,
- gruesome,
- sulky,
- austere,
- desolation,
- mournfulness,
- ruefulness,
- miserable,
- distress,
- bad,
- downcast,
- risque,
- frightfulness,
- grubby,
- aristocratic,
- dejected,
- unlit,
- cimmerian,
- rue,
- stark,
- begrimed,
- mourning,
- unrelenting,
- pitying,
- regretful,
- moody,
- raunchy,
- dispiriting,
- louring,
- unfortunate,
- pathetic,
- barren,
- solemn,
- sadness,
- bluish,
- cold,
- unlucky,
- inexorable,
- depression,
- grimy,
- dejection,
- rueful,
- shadowy,
- blue-blooded,
- naughty,
- ruthful,
- dire,
- blueish,
- inky,
- chill,
- deplorable,
- swart,
- darkling,
- vacant,
- teary,
- subfusc,
- forlorn,
- unappeasable,
- olive-drab,
- lonesome,
- morose,
- spooky,
- sober,
- gloominess,
- heartbreaking,
- muddied,
- benighted,
- dreich,
- gamey,
- desolate,
- glooming,
- muddy,
- dusky,
- pitchy,
- pitiful,
- funeral,
- awfulness,
- ravaged,
- dreadfulness,
- sorrowful,
- Dismalness,
- affliction,
- wretched,
- depressing,
- depressed,
- grey,
- dour,
- sunless,
- remorseful,
- Subfuscous,
- glum,
- doleful,
- Funebrial,
- grievous,
- gloomful,
- dirty,
- unhappiness,
- disconsolate,
- severe,
- grief,
- meritless,
- grungy,
- sullen,
- glowering,
- despondency,
- murky,
- Triste,
- forbidding,
- dense,
- blue,
- sorrow,
- stygian,
- tenebrous,
- no-count,
- sick,
- distressing,
- contrite,
- unhappy,
- brumal,
- grave,
- stern,
- lurid,
- sinister.
How to use "Drear" in context?
Drear is a word meaning "depressing and unhappy." It typically describes a feeling of sadness and loneliness. Drear can be caused by anything from the passing of a loved one to a bleak weather forecast.
Homophones for Drear:
- dodderer, durer, dietary, dither, dewar, dry, dare, dearie, death row, deer, drew, deary, drey, door, diarrhoea, diary, darrow, doddery, Dieter, drier, draw, dire, datura, detour, didder, derriere, durio, dower, deere, doer, deter, dory, duty tour, doorway, Diarrhea, Dr., dowery, dodder, dreary, drawee, dear, dead air, dyer, dourah, dari, dryer, deodar, dour, durra, dairy, draw away, dowry, drawer, dura, doura, death adder, dior, dray.
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