drear

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Shortening of dreary.

Adjective

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drear (comparative drearer, superlative drearest)

  1. (poetic, literary) Dreary.

Etymology 2

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Back-formation from dreary.

Noun

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drear (plural drears)

  1. (obsolete) Gloom; sadness.

Anagrams

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