dreary

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

maussade

morne

sombre

désert

affreux

désagréable

épouvantable

ennuyeux

désolé

mélancolique

foncé

horrible

triste

fade

bleu

déprimant

terne

inconsolable

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈdɹɪɹi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).