Synonyms for drear
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Dreary.
Example sentences
- blue Please look at the girl who wore the blue clothes.
- grey My friend disappeared like a grey mule in the fog.
- dreary I've got to go to another dreary meeting tomorrow.
- disconsolate A wilder or more disconsolate dwelling it was perhaps difficult to conceive.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| drear | steady | |
| blue | rising | |
| grey | steady | |
| dreary | rising | |
| disconsolate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- blue1, dark1, grey1, gray1, grim1, dire1, drab1
- 5 letters
- sorry2, moody2, bleak1, dingy2
- 6 letters
- gloomy2, dismal2, dreary2, somber2, sombre
- 7 letters
- unhappy3, sunless
- 8 letters
- solitary4, desolate3
- 9 letters
- cheerless, saturnine
- 10 letters
- depressing3
- 12 letters
- disconsolate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sorry2 = 2 syllables).