dreary
Lacking all cheer
Dreary describes something depressingly dull, bleak, or cheerless.
A dreary day is gray and dispiriting.
A dreary landscape offers nothing to lift the spirits.
The word applies equally to weather, places, tasks, or moods: a dreary commute, dreary office walls, the dreary routine of daily chores.
Dreary suggests not just unpleasantness but a wearing monotony.
Subdued, lasting sadness
- dismalDepressingly dark or dull
- somberGravely serious in mood
- gloomyDark and dispiriting
- mournfulShowing or feeling grief
despondent · dispiriting · joyless · hopeless · downcast · disheartening · sorrowful · morose
Sky fully veiled
Unchangingly dull
- boringFailing to engage interest
- humdrumLacking variety or excitement
- dullLacking edge or interest
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
tiresome · repetitive · unvarying · plodding · unexciting · uninspiring · prosaic · mundane
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
mournful · despondent · dispiriting · joyless · hopeless · downcast · disheartening · sorrowful · morose · bleak
overcast
Sky fully veiled
cloudy · misty · damp · wet · sunless · leaden · murky · fog · gloom · dark
monotonous
Unchangingly dull
wearisome · tiresome · repetitive · unvarying · plodding · unexciting · uninspiring · prosaic · mundane · stale
desolate
Bleak and abandoned
inhospitable · forlorn · wasteland · windswept · harsh · raw · lifeless · cheerless · godforsaken · empty
colorless
Devoid of pigmentation
gray · washed-out · muted · lackluster · dun · mousy · lifeless · flat · dim · sallow
- sky conditionsclear, clear sky, cloudy, overcast, partly cloudy
- sombergloomy, bleak, dismal, melancholy, mournful
- atmospheresmisty, hazy, foggy, smoky, humid
- dull wordsboring, bland, tedious, monotonous, uninspiring
- outdatedobsolete, outdated, out of date, dated, outmoded
- weatherweather, rain, sun, snow, wind
drearycheerful
Pleasantly bright in mood
cheery · joyful · merry · festive · heartwarming
drearyexciting
Arousing eager interest
interesting · stimulating · engaging · thrilling · captivating
- existential dreadTerror at meaningless being
- creeping dreadSlowly intensifying fearful anticipation
- something dreadfulTerrible occurrence or entity
- penny dreadfulCheap Victorian crime serial
- dread fascinationAttraction mixed with horror
- most dreadful
dread, dreadful, dreading, dreads, dreariness, drear, drearily, drearier, dreariest