DREAR as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • depressing in character or appearance
   Synonym(s)
   • dingy (what does dingy mean?)
   • dismal (what does dismal mean?)
   • drab (what does drab mean?)
   • dreary (what does dreary mean?)
   • gloomy (what does gloomy mean?)
   • sorry (what does sorry mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Similar To
   • cheerless (what does cheerless mean?)
   • uncheerful (what does uncheerful mean?)