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Definition of Drear
1. Adjective. Causing dejection. "Grim rainy weather"
Similar to: Cheerless, Depressing, Uncheerful
Derivative terms: Dreariness
Definition of Drear
1. a. Dismal; gloomy with solitude.
2. n. Sadness; dismalness.
Definition of Drear
1. Adjective. (poetic) Dreary. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drear
1. the state of being dreary [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drear
Literary usage of Drear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"That when waking the dew-drops of mcm'rv may fall, And blot out for ever, the
wide world is drear. There is hope for the lost, for the lone one's relief. ..."
2. Century Readings for a Course in English Literature by John William Cunliffe, Karl Young (1915)
"... them From budding at the prime- In a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy
brook, l° Thy bubblings ne'er remember Apollo's summer look ; But with a ..."
3. Little Masterpieces of English Poetry edited by Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig (1905)
""IN A drear-NIGHTED DECEMBER " IN a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy
tree, Thy branches ne'er remember Their green felicity: The north cannot undo ..."
4. Notes to Palgrave's Golden Treasury of Songs & Lyrics. Books I-IV. by John Henry Fowler (1904)
"In a drear-nighted December 1. drear-nighted. This epithet combines two ...
In coining ' drear-nighted ' Keats may be said to be only following the analogy ..."
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