Synonyms for dreary
- adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...
Related words
- Word family
- drear drearihead drearihood drearily dreariness drearisome
Example sentences
- tedious The journey, as I recall it, was long and tedious.
- bleak To some people, Algeria's future is looking bleak.
- drab This morning, the world is grey and drab.
- dingy Lacking proper lighting, Tammy's room was depressingly dingy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dreary | rising | |
| tedious | steady | |
| bleak | rising | |
| drab | steady | |
| dingy | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sad1
- 4 letters
- dark1, grey1, gray1, dull1, grim1, drab1, glum1
- 5 letters
- bleak1, dingy2
- 6 letters
- gloomy2, dismal2, wintry2, morose2
- 7 letters
- tedious3, forlorn2, joyless
- 8 letters
- desolate3
- 9 letters
- miserable4, cheerless
- 10 letters
- depressing3, lugubrious4
- 12 letters
- disconsolate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dingy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- maussade
- Italiano
- malinconico
- Deutsch
- trüb