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drear

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
6
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/dɹɪə/
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/dɹɪə/ · /dɹɪɚ/ · /dɹɪɹ/ · /dɹiə/ · /dɹiːɹ/ · /dɹɛː/

Definition of drear

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (literary, poetic)Dreary.
    “Earth raised up her head From the darkness dread and drear,”
    “I spoke, perplexed by something in the signs Of desolation I had seen and heard In this drear pilgrimage to ruined shrines:”
    “And over all, the dead silence of the dead, the sense of utter loneliness, and the brooding spirit of the Past! How beautiful it was, and yet how drear! We did not dare to speak aloud.”
    “Now dreary dawns the eastern light, And fall of eve is drear, [...]”
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adj

  1. (literary, poetic)Dreary.
    “Earth raised up her head From the darkness dread and drear,”
    “I spoke, perplexed by something in the signs Of desolation I had seen and heard In this drear pilgrimage to ruined shrines:”
    “And over all, the dead silence of the dead, the sense of utter loneliness, and the brooding spirit of the Past! How beautiful it was, and yet how drear! We did not dare to speak aloud.”
    “Now dreary dawns the eastern light, And fall of eve is drear, [...]”

noun

  1. (obsolete)Gloom; sadness.

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Etymology

Shortening of dreary.

Anagrams of drear

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2-letter words

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