a. | 1. | Sorrowful; distressful. |
2. | Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy. |
Adj. | 1. | dreary - depressing in character or appearance; "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 |
2. | dreary - lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner parties" Synonyms: drab |