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dreariness
[dreer-ee] 
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dreariness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gloominess |
| Synonyms: | blandness, boringness, colorlessness, depression, drabness, dryness, dullness, flatness, flavorlessness, forlornness, gloom, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, joylessness, lifelessness, melancholy, sadness, vapidity, vapidness |
| Main Entry: | dumps |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression |
| Synonyms: | blahs, blues, bummer, cheerlessness, doldrums, dreariness, gloom, gloominess, low spirits, melancholy, sulks, the blues, trouble, unhappiness, woefulness |
| Main Entry: | monotony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boredom; sameness |
| Synonyms: | colorlessness, continuance, continuity, dreariness, dryness, dullness, ennui, equability, evenness, flatness, humdrum*, identicalness, invariability, levelness, likeness, monotone, monotonousness, oneness, repetitiousness, repetitiveness, routine, same old thing, similarity, tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness, unchangeableness, uniformity, wearisomeness |
| Antonyms: | change, color, excitement, liveliness, variability, versatility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tedium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dullness, monotony |
| Synonyms: | banality, boredom, deadness, doldrums, drabness, dreariness, ennui, irksomeness, lack of interest, lifelessness, routine, sameness, tediousness, tiresomeness, wearisomeness, yawn |
| Antonyms: | diversion, entertainment, excitement |
| Main Entry: | dullness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quality of being boring |
| Synonyms: | aridity, boredom, commonplaceness, drabness, dreariness, dryness, familiarity, flatness, insipidity, insipidness, lifelessness, monotomy, routine, sameness, slowness, staleness, tediousness, tedium, uninterestingness, vapidity |
| Antonyms: | action, interest, liveliness |
| Main Entry: | asepticism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dullness |
| Synonyms: | blandness, drabness, dreariness, flatness, flavorlessness, insipidity, insipidness, lifelessness, sterileness, sterility, vapidity, vapidness, weariness |
| Main Entry: | blandness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dullness |
| Synonyms: | boringness, colorlessness, drabness, dreariness, flatness, flavorlessness, innocuousness, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, lifelessness, pallidness, uninterestingness, vapidity, vapidness |
| Main Entry: | drabness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dullness |
| Synonyms: | blandness, boringness, colorlessness, dinginess, dowdiness, dreariness, dryness, flatness, flavorlessness, gloominess, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, lifelessness, stodginess, vapidity, vapidness |
| Main Entry: | flatness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dullness |
| Synonyms: | blandness, colorlessness, drabness, dreariness, dryness, flavorlessness, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, lifelessness, stodginess, vapidity, vapidness |
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