Англо-русский словарь - dreary
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dreary
adj.
1) мрачный, тоскливый; отчаянно скучный
2) печальный, грустный Syn: see gloomy
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1. разг. мрачный субъект 2. мрачный, сумрачный, безотрадный; отчаянно скучный dreary room —- мрачная комната dreary speech —- невыносимо скучная речь 3. монотонный, однообразный dreary diet —- однообразная диета (-ое питание) 4. уст. печальный; жалобный, меланхоличный 5. ам. делать скучным ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
2.
adj. (drearier, dreariest) dismal, dull, gloomy. Derivatives drearily adv. dreariness n. Etymology: OE dreorig f. dreor gore: rel. to dreosan to drop f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
adjective (drearier; -est) Etymology: Middle English drery, from Old English dreorig sad, bloody, from dreor gore; akin to Old High German truren to be sad, Gothic driusan to fall Date: before 12th century 1. feeling, displaying, or reflecting listlessness or discouragement 2. having nothing likely to provide cheer, comfort, or interest ; gloomy, dismal Synonyms: see dismal • drearily adverb • dreariness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(drearier, dreariest) If you describe something as dreary, you mean that it is dull and depressing. ...a dreary little town in the Midwest... = dismal ADJ • drearily ...a drearily familiar scenario. ADV: ADV adj, ADV with v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
also drear poetical adj not interesting or cheerful (the same old dreary routine | a dreary winter's day) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. dreorig "sorrowful," originally "cruel, bloody," from dreor "gore, blood," from (ge)dreosan (pp. droren) "fall, decline, fail," from W.Gmc. *dreuzas. The word has lost its original sense of "dripping blood." Sense of "dismal, gloomy" first recorded 1667 in "Paradise Lost," but O.E. had a related verb drysmian "become gloomy." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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