dreary

1. superl. Sorrowful; distressful. Source: opted

2. superl. Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy. Source: opted

3. adj. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise Source: wordnet

4. adj. causing dejection Source: wordnet

5. 1. Sorrowful; distressful. [Obs.] " Dreary shrieks." Spenser. 2. Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy. " Dreary shades." Dryden. "The dreary ground." Prior. Full many a dreary anxious hour. Keble. Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of that dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity. Macaulay. Source: webster

6. j:100 s lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise s causing dejection Source: ecdict

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