dreary

«dreary» in Mova's school dictionary: dull, grey and making you feel sad or bored, like a wet… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (dreary, drearier, dreariest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Dreary means dull, grey and making you feel sad or bored, like a wet, cloudy day. tree →

2) A dreary job, book or talk is boring and has nothing exciting in it. tree →

sense in the lessons

Describes weather and settings in stories to set a gloomy mood; also boring tasks. Phrases: dreary day, dreary weather, dreary work.

examples

• It was a dreary, drizzly Monday morning. tree →
• The dreary grey sky made everyone sleepy. tree →
• Copying out spellings felt like a dreary job. tree →
• The house looked dreary until we painted it yellow. tree →
• The speech was long and dreary. tree →
• We cheered up a dreary afternoon with a board game. tree →
• Oh, indeed those long winter days were very dreary. tree →

note

Drearier, dreariest. Similar: dull, gloomy, bleak. Not spelled «dreery». Do not mix up with «dream» or «weary» (tired), though dreary days can make you weary.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dreary» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.