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drear
adjective as in bleak
Strong matches
adjective as in weariful
Weak matches
- arid
- bomb
- bromidic
- characterless
- colorless
- commonplace
- drab
- drag
- dreary
- drudging
- dry
- dull
- flat
- ho-hum
- humdrum
- insipid
- interminable
- irksome
- lifeless
- monotonous
- moth-eaten
- mundane
- nothing
- nowhere
- platitudinous
- plebeian
- prosaic
- repetitious
- routine
- spiritless
- stale
- stereotyped
- stodgy
- stuffy
- stupid
- tame
- tedious
- threadbare
- tiresome
- tiring
- trite
- unexciting
- uninteresting
- unvaried
- vapid
- wearisome
- weary
- well-worn
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Example Sentences
Twas still but gray abroad––a drear dawn: promising a belated, sullen day.
The streets were “deserted and drear,” and, of course, unlighted—the late Confederacy had no gas and no oil.
I seem suddenly lifted out of a drear monotony of unchanging days, back to a life of extraordinary vitality and promise.
Even then—in that tense moment, the drear anguish of yesterday surged like a wave through my mind; but, upon it a gleam of hope.
Captain Cavendish, expressing his gratitude once more, lounged into the drear and foggy night.
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On this page you'll find 87 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to drear, such as: black, cheerless, dark, dismal, grim, and hopeless.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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