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drear


drear [dreer] Word Origin adjective Literary.

  1. dreary.

Origin of drear First recorded in 1620–30; back formation from dreary Related Words for drearer lonely, harsh, somber, dreary, sad, dark, gloomy, dismal, grim, black, cheerless, discouraging, funereal, hard, hopeless, joyless, melancholy, mournful, oppressive, comfortless Word Origin and History for drearer drear adj.

1620s, poetic shortening of dreary.

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