"dreary" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈdɹɪɹi/ [General-American], /ˈdɹɪəɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-dreary.ogg [US] Forms: drearier [comparative], more dreary [comparative], dreariest [superlative], most dreary [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹi, -ɪɹi Etymology: From Middle English drery, from Old English drēoriġ (“sad”), from Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz (“bloody”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews- (“to break, break off, crumble”), equivalent to drear + -y. Cognate with Dutch treurig (“sad, gloomy”), Low German trurig (“sad”), German traurig (“sad, sorrowful, mournful”), Old Norse dreyrigr (“bloody”). Related to Old English drēor (“blood, falling blood”), Old English drysmian (“to become gloomy”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|drery}} Middle English drery, {{inh|en|ang|drēoriġ|t=sad}} Old English drēoriġ (“sad”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*dreuzagaz|t=bloody}} Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz (“bloody”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰrews-|t=to break, break off, crumble}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews- (“to break, break off, crumble”), {{af|en|drear|-y|id2=adjectival}} drear + -y, {{cog|nl|treurig|t=sad, gloomy}} Dutch treurig (“sad, gloomy”), {{cog|nds|trurig|t=sad}} Low German trurig (“sad”), {{cog|de|traurig|t=sad, sorrowful, mournful}} German traurig (“sad, sorrowful, mournful”), {{cog|non|dreyrigr|t=bloody}} Old Norse dreyrigr (“bloody”), {{cog|ang|drēor|t=blood, falling blood}} Old English drēor (“blood, falling blood”), {{cog|ang|drysmian|t=to become gloomy}} Old English drysmian (“to become gloomy”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} dreary (comparative drearier or more dreary, superlative dreariest or most dreary)
  1. Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless. Categories (topical): Appearance Translations (drab): тъжен (tǎžen) (Bulgarian), мрачен (mračen) (Bulgarian), bleek (Dutch), lusteloos (Dutch), malgaja (Esperanto), ankea (Finnish), surkea (Finnish), terne [feminine, masculine] (French), insipide [feminine, masculine] (French), maussade [feminine, masculine] (French), öde (German), trostlos (German), trüb (German), freudlos (German), komor (Hungarian), rideg (Hungarian), borús (Hungarian), borongós (Hungarian), bús (Hungarian), búskomor (Hungarian), bánatos (Hungarian), búbánatos (Hungarian), barátságtalan (Hungarian), örömtelen (Hungarian), sivár (english: scenery) (Hungarian), kietlen (Hungarian), kopár (Hungarian), drungalegur (Icelandic), dearóil (Irish), melanconico [masculine] (Italian), malinconico [masculine] (Italian), 荒涼とした (kouryoutoshita) (Japanese), わびしい (wabishii) (Japanese), takeo (Maori), mākihakiha (Maori), drery (Middle English), dregh (Middle English), dyster (Norwegian Bokmål), dyster (Norwegian Nynorsk), wynleas (Old English), آجی (acı) (note: of sounds) (Ottoman Turkish), melancólico (Portuguese), tern (Romanian), insipid (Romanian), mosad (Romanian), trist (Romanian), melancolic (Romanian), мра́чный (mráčnyj) (Russian), тоскли́вый (tosklívyj) (Russian), печа́льный (pečálʹnyj) (Russian), гру́стный (grústnyj) (Russian), безотра́дный (bezotrádnyj) (Russian), му́торный (mútornyj) (Russian), aburrido (Spanish), triste (Spanish), dyster (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dreary-en-adj-GbpnjgM1 Disambiguation of Appearance: 89 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 94 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 87 13 Disambiguation of 'drab': 97 3
  2. (obsolete) Grievous, dire; appalling. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-dreary-en-adj-x51CoSTa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: drear, drearihead, drearihood, drearily, dreariment, dreariness, drearisome

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          "word": "barátságtalan"
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          "word": "örömtelen"
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          "lang": "Irish",
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          "sense": "drab",
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          "roman": "kouryoutoshita",
          "sense": "drab",
          "word": "荒涼とした"
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          "sense": "drab",
          "word": "wynleas"
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          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "note": "of sounds",
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          "sense": "drab",
          "word": "آجی"
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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "drear"
    },
    {
      "word": "drearihead"
    },
    {
      "word": "drearihood"
    },
    {
      "word": "drearily"
    },
    {
      "word": "dreariment"
    },
    {
      "word": "dreariness"
    },
    {
      "word": "drearisome"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "drery"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English drery",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "drēoriġ",
        "t": "sad"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English drēoriġ (“sad”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*dreuzagaz",
        "t": "bloody"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz (“bloody”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰrews-",
        "t": "to break, break off, crumble"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews- (“to break, break off, crumble”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "drear",
        "3": "-y",
        "id2": "adjectival"
      },
      "expansion": "drear + -y",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "treurig",
        "t": "sad, gloomy"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch treurig (“sad, gloomy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "trurig",
        "t": "sad"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German trurig (“sad”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "traurig",
        "t": "sad, sorrowful, mournful"
      },
      "expansion": "German traurig (“sad, sorrowful, mournful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "dreyrigr",
        "t": "bloody"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse dreyrigr (“bloody”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "drēor",
        "t": "blood, falling blood"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English drēor (“blood, falling blood”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "drysmian",
        "t": "to become gloomy"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English drysmian (“to become gloomy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English drery, from Old English drēoriġ (“sad”), from Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz (“bloody”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews- (“to break, break off, crumble”), equivalent to drear + -y. Cognate with Dutch treurig (“sad, gloomy”), Low German trurig (“sad”), German traurig (“sad, sorrowful, mournful”), Old Norse dreyrigr (“bloody”). Related to Old English drēor (“blood, falling blood”), Old English drysmian (“to become gloomy”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "drearier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more dreary",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dreariest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dreary",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er",
        "2": "more"
      },
      "expansion": "dreary (comparative drearier or more dreary, superlative dreariest or most dreary)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It had rained for three days straight, and the dreary weather dragged the townspeople's spirits down.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1818, Mary Shelley, chapter V, in Frankenstein, volume 1",
          "text": "It was on a dreary night of November, that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Drab",
          "drab"
        ],
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ],
        [
          "colorless",
          "colorless"
        ],
        [
          "cheerless",
          "cheerless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Grievous, dire; appalling."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Grievous",
          "grievous"
        ],
        [
          "dire",
          "dire"
        ],
        [
          "appalling",
          "appalling"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Grievous, dire; appalling."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɹɪɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɹɪəɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪəɹi"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɹi"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-dreary.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dd/En-us-dreary.ogg/En-us-dreary.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/En-us-dreary.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tǎžen",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "тъжен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mračen",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "мрачен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "bleek"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "lusteloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "malgaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "ankea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "surkea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "drab",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "drab",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "insipide"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "drab",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maussade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "öde"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "trostlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "trüb"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "freudlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "komor"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "rideg"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "borús"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "borongós"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "bús"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "búskomor"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "bánatos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "búbánatos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "barátságtalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "örömtelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "scenery",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "sivár"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "kietlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "kopár"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "drungalegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "dearóil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "melanconico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malinconico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kouryoutoshita",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "荒涼とした"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wabishii",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "わびしい"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "takeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "mākihakiha"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "drery"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "dregh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "dyster"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "dyster"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "wynleas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "note": "of sounds",
      "roman": "acı",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "آجی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "melancólico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "tern"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "insipid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "mosad"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "trist"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "melancolic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mráčnyj",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "мра́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tosklívyj",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "тоскли́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pečálʹnyj",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "печа́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grústnyj",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "гру́стный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezotrádnyj",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "безотра́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mútornyj",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "му́торный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "aburrido"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "triste"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "drab",
      "word": "dyster"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dreary"
}

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