dreary

Significado (Inglés)

1. Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
2. (obsolete) Grievous, dire; appalling.

Conceptos

triste

horrible

aburrido

lúgubre

mohino

horroroso

oscuro

sombrío

bronco

brusko

adusto

cubierto

encapotado

desalentador

negro

igual

rutinario

tedioso

inconsolable

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈdɹɪɹi/

Etimología (Inglés)

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”).