Synonyms for dreariness
Most common
insipidity boringness insipidness gloom desolation disconsolateness
Definitions
- n. 1
The characteristic of being dreary.
Forms
- Plural
- drearinesses → insipidities, glooms, desolations, melancholias…
Example sentences
- insipidity You're beautiful to the point of insipidity!
- gloom I hoped you could hurl some lumens into the gloom.
- desolation The desolation left in his wake is staggering.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dreariness | steady | |
| insipidity | falling | |
| boringness | steady | |
| insipidness | steady | |
| gloom | rising | |
| desolation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- gloom1
- 10 letters
- desolation4, insipidity, boringness, drearihead
- 11 letters
- melancholia, insipidness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (desolation4 = 4 syllables).