Drear (Adjective)
Meaning
Causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- A drear November morning matched the sorrow in her heart as the anniversary of her father's death approached.
- The drear surroundings of the once-abandoned mansion reflected the despair that its past occupants must have experienced.
- The city was shrouded in a drear mist that seemed to sap the will to explore its streets from even the most adventurous of tourists.
- His drear outlook on the world led him to expect only the worst in people and situations.
- A drear rain poured down on the wedding parade, washing away the carefully laid rose petals and soaking the joyful couple's photo session.