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drear definition
drear |
Grep of noun drear dreariness Overview of adj drear The adj drear has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry -- (depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams) Antonyms of adj drear 1 sense of drear Sense 1 dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry INDIRECT (VIA cheerless) -> cheerful Similarity of adj drear 1 sense of drear Sense 1 dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry => cheerless (vs. cheerful), uncheerful Attributes of adj drear Familiarity of adj drear drear used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj drear drear dreary Overview of adj drear The adj drear has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry -- (depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams)
drear definition
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