Thesaurus / drear
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synonyms for drear
- arid
- bomb
- bromidic
- characterless
- colorless
- commonplace
- drab
- drag
- dreary
- drudging
- dry
- dull
- flat
- ho-hum
- humdrum
- insipid
- interminable
- irksome
- lifeless
- monotonous
- moth-eaten
- mundane
- nothing
- nowhere
- platitudinous
- plebeian
- prosaic
- repetitious
- routine
- spiritless
- stale
- stereotyped
- stodgy
- stuffy
- stupid
- tame
- tedious
- threadbare
- tiresome
- tiring
- trite
- unexciting
- uninteresting
- unvaried
- vapid
- wearisome
- weary
- well-worn
antonyms for drear
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How to use drear in a sentence
Twas still but gray abroad––a drear dawn: promising a belated, sullen day.
THE CRUISE OF THE SHINING LIGHTNORMAN DUNCANThe streets were “deserted and drear,” and, of course, unlighted—the late Confederacy had no gas and no oil.
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCEAMBROSE BIERCEI seem suddenly lifted out of a drear monotony of unchanging days, back to a life of extraordinary vitality and promise.
THE WASTED GENERATIONOWEN JOHNSONEven then—in that tense moment, the drear anguish of yesterday surged like a wave through my mind; but, upon it a gleam of hope.
A FRONTIER MYSTERYBERTRAM MITFORDCaptain Cavendish, expressing his gratitude once more, lounged into the drear and foggy night.
A CHANGED HEARTMAY AGNES FLEMINGI arose early to discover a morning gray and drear, with a mist falling to chill the bones.
RICHARD CARVEL, COMPLETEWINSTON CHURCHILLLong may he endure to enliven the drear tameness of civilization with a memory of the world's old wildness.
IN NEW ENGLAND FIELDS AND WOODSROWLAND E. ROBINSONTime had gone since the old church stood in a desert drear and wild, but still its chimes rang the old petition, hour after hour.
LONG LIVE THE KINGMARY ROBERTS RINEHARTWhy must Grendel or his mother represent the tempest, or the malaria, or the drear long winter nights?
BEOWULFR. W. CHAMBERSIt's a drear life to do the same thing every day at the same hour.
SYBILBENJAMIN DISRAELIWORDS RELATED TO DREAR
- arid
- bomb
- bromidic
- characterless
- colorless
- commonplace
- drab
- drag
- drear
- dreary
- drudging
- dry
- dull
- flat
- ho-hum
- humdrum
- insipid
- interminable
- irksome
- lifeless
- monotonous
- moth-eaten
- mundane
- nothing
- nowhere
- platitudinous
- plebeian
- prosaic
- repetitious
- routine
- spiritless
- stale
- stereotyped
- stodgy
- stuffy
- stupid
- tame
- tedious
- threadbare
- tiresome
- tiring
- trite
- unexciting
- uninteresting
- unvaried
- vapid
- wearisome
- weary
- well-worn
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.