drear
adjective
1.
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
Origin
Back-formation from dreary. Compare greed.
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