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drearyadjective causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheervowed that he would never take a desk job working in a dreary office black, bleak, cheerless, chill, Cimmerian, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreich(chiefly Scottish), elegiac(also elegiacal), forlorn, funereal, gloomy, glum, godforsaken, gray(also grey), lonely, lonesome, lugubrious, miserable, morbid, morose, murky, plutonian, saturnine, sepulchral, solemn, somber(or sombre), sullen, sunless, tenebrific, tenebrous, wretched blue, dejected, depressed, despondent, down, droopy, hangdog, inconsolable, low, melancholic, melancholy, mirthless, sad, unhappy, woebegone, woefuldim, discomfiting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, dispiriting, distressful, distressing, upsettingdesperate, hopeless, pessimisticlamentable, mournful, plaintive, sorrowfulcolorless, drab, dulldour, grim, lowering(also louring), lowery(also loury), menacing, negative, oppressive, threatening bright, cheerful, cheering, cheery, comforting, cordial, festive, friendly, gay, heartwarming, sunshiny blithe, blithesome, buoyant, gay, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, merry, mirthfulencouraging, hopeful, optimisticlighthearted, lightsome causing unhappinessdecided to see a professional counselor in order to save their dreary marriage depressing, dismal, drear, heartbreaking, heartrending, melancholy, mournful, pathetic, sad, saddening, sorry, tearful, teary deplorable, distressful, grievous, lamentable, unfortunate, woefuldiscomforting, discomposing, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, perturbingaffecting, moving, poignant, touchingdiscouraging, disheartening, dispiriting cheering, cheery, glad, happy heartening, heartwarming, inspiring, stimulating, stirring, upliftingagreeable, delightful, enjoyable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, welcomeexhilarating, thrilling causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interestanother dreary social event to suffer through arid, boring, colorless, drab, drudging, dry, dull, dusty, flat, heavy, ho-hum, humdrum, jading, jejune, leaden, mind-numbing, monochromatic, monotonous, numbing, old, pedestrian, ponderous, slow, stale, stodgy, stuffy, stupid, tame, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, wearisome, weary, wearying aseptic, barren, blah, dullish, pleasureless, prosaic, prosy, soggy, spiritlessblank, earthbound, gray(also grey), inanimate, pallid, pedantic, sterile, suspenseless, undramatic, uneventful, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspiring, unnewsworthy, unrewarding, unsensational, unspectacularannoying, bothersome, irksome, irritatinglongsomepallingdraining, enervating, exhausting, fatiguing, wearingdebilitating, enfeeblingdemoralizing, discouraging, disheartening, dispiritingcommon, commonplace, ordinary, tepid, unexceptional, unsurprising, vapidcumbersome, lumbering, plodding, poky(or pokey) absorbing, engaging, engrossing, gripping, interesting, intriguing, involving, riveting amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, eye-opening, fabulous, marvelous(or marvellous), sensational, spectacular, surprising, wonderful, wondrousanimating, breathtaking, electrifying, energizing, enlivening, exciting, exhilarating, galvanizing, hair-raising, inspiring, invigorating, rip-roaring, rousing, stimulating, stirring, thrillingamusing, diverting, entertainingmoving, poignant, touchingalluring, attracting, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinatingmesmerizing, spellbindingsuspensefularresting, provocative, tantalizing dismal, dreary, bleak, gloomy, cheerless, desolate mean devoid of cheer or comfort.dismal indicates extreme and utterly depressing gloominess.dismal weather dreary, often interchangeable with dismal, emphasizes discouragement resulting from sustained dullness or futility.a dreary job bleak suggests chill, dull, and barren characteristics that utterly dishearten.the bleak years of the depression gloomy often suggests lack of hope or promise.gloomy war news cheerless stresses absence of anything cheering.a drab and cheerless office desolate adds an element of utter remoteness or lack of human contact to any already disheartening aspect.a desolate outpost before the 12th century |