Dreary word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "dreary" word

[adjective] 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
[adjective] lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner parties"

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\Drear"y\, a. [Compar. {Drearier}; superl. {Dreariest}.] [OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dre['o]rig, sad; akin to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dre['o]san to fall, Goth. driusan. Cf. {Dross}, {Drear}, {Drizzle}, {Drowse}.] 1. Sorrowful; distressful. [Obs.] `` Dreary shrieks.'' --Spenser. 2. Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy. `` Dreary shades.'' --Dryden. ``The dreary ground.'' --Prior. Full many a dreary anxious hour. --Keble. Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of that dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity. --Macaulay.

Synonyms for dreary

cheerless, dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dull, gloomy, sorry, uncheerful

Related terms: baleful, bitter, bodeful, doleful, dryasdust, dull, elephantine, etiolated, evil-starred, grave, gray-black, gray-colored, lifeless, low-spirited, moving, rueful, singsong, smoky, tiring, unexciting, unhappy, wretched

The fun area, different aproach to word »dreary«

Let's analyse "dreary" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YRAERD. Average typing speed for these characters is 1635 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -.. .-. . .- .-. -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: dreary: 5 + 1 = 6, reduced: 6 (or 4 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: dreary: 4 + 9 + 5 + 1 + 9 + 7 = 35, reduced: 8, and the final result is Eight.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
D (1)	4	Emperor	Determined, Persistant, Idealist
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
R (2)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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