"dreariness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: drearinesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English drerinesse, drerynesse, from Old English drēoriġnys (“dreariness, sadness”), equivalent to dreary + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|drerinesse}} Middle English drerinesse, {{inh|en|ang|drēoriġnys|t=dreariness, sadness}} Old English drēoriġnys (“dreariness, sadness”), {{af|en|dreary|-ness}} dreary + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dreariness (countable and uncountable, plural drearinesses)
  1. The characteristic of being dreary. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: drearihead, gloom, melancholia Translations (state of being dreary): Trostlosigkeit [feminine] (German), Öde [feminine] (German), Tristesse [feminine] (German), Langweiligkeit [feminine] (German)

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