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dreary

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dreary in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    blue  dark  dingy  disconsolate  dismal  gloomy  grim  sorry  drab  drear  dreary 
  2. 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"
    drab  dreary 
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