Synonyms

1. drab

Sentence Examples

1. She had returned after a dreary goodbye some months later.
2. I was too cold and too sleepy to be keenly observant, and not sleepy enough to betray my trust so altogether I had a dreary, miserable time.
3. Disdain hath power to kill, and patience dies Slain by suspicion, be it false or true And deadly is the force of jealousy Long absence makes of life a dreary void No hope of happiness can give repose To him that ever fears to be forgot And death, inevitable, waits in hall.
4. There is something impressive about the grim solitudes of Estremadura and if the plains of Leon and Old Castile are bald and dreary, they are studded with old cities renowned in history and rich in relics of the past.
5. Dreary and chilly as it was, the moisture felt good against her skin, as if it might cleanse away the stain of her thoughts.
6. Her eyelids fluttered open, confusion filled and dreary.
7. I considered following a student inside to gander at the dreary interior décor, but stopped when two snowballs slammed into my shoulder.
8. I remember well how sad and dreary those days and hours were to me I remember well how I began to doubt as they went by, and even to lose confidence in the faith of Don Fernando and I remember, too, how my maid heard those words in reproof of her audacity that she had not heard before, and how I was forced to put a constraint on my tears and on the expression of my countenance, not to give my parents cause to ask me why I was so melancholy, and drive me to invent falsehoods in reply.
9. In this manner we journeyed for about two hours, and the sun was just setting when we entered a region infinitely more dreary than any yet seen.
10. It was dark and dreary, and the seats were hard wood instead of the plush cushions of the new auditorium, but the choir students liked it for its character.