Dreariest

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dreary \Drear"y\ (dr[=e]r"[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.


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     2. Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations;
        comfortless; dismal; gloomy. " Dreary shades." --Dryden.
        "The dreary ground." --Prior.
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              Full many a dreary anxious hour.      --Keble.
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              Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary
              part of that dreary interval which separated two
              ages of prosperity.                   --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dreary
       adj 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 [syn: {dingy}, {dismal},
               {drab}, {drear}, {gloomy}, {sorry}]
       2: 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" [syn: {drab}]
       [also: {dreariest}, {drearier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dreariest
       See {dreary}