English Explanatory Dictionary

dreariness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The characteristic of being dreary.

Word forms

dreariness drearinesses

Etymology

From Middle English drerinesse, drerynesse, from Old English drēoriġnys (“dreariness, sadness”), equivalent to dreary + -ness.

Synonyms

drearihead gloom melancholia
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