dreary
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Dreary, but it’s better than nothing, I guess!
From Nature • Dec. 31, 2019
Dreary, deep-red roses are my least favorite of Valentine’s long stems.
From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2018
My favorite Autocorrect gaffe was when I typed up a report for my Air National Guard unit and Airmen Fecke and Drury came out Feces and Dreary.
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2015
The operatics of the Dreary Town EP swirl around your head like a storm brewing but never quite breaking.
From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2013
Dreary and dismal and dark Is the night of life to me, With nothing but clouds in the heaven above, Cruelly hiding the star that I love, Whose radiance was rapture to see.
From Verses of Feeling and Fancy by MacKeracher, Wm. M.
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "D"
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