Definition of Dreariness

1. Noun. Extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest.

Exact synonyms: Boringness, Insipidity, Insipidness
Generic synonyms: Dullness
Derivative terms: Boring, Dreary, Dreary, Insipid

Definition of Dreariness

1. n. Sorrow; wretchedness.

Definition of Dreariness

1. Noun. The characteristic of being dreary. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dreariness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dreariness

dreamy state
dreap
dreaped
dreaping
dreaps
drear
dreare
drearer
dreares
drearest
drearier
drearies
dreariest
drearily
dreariment
dreariness (current term)
drearinesses
drearing
drearings
drearisome
drears
drearsome
dreary
dreave
dreckier
dreckiest
dreckley
drecks
drecky

Literary usage of Dreariness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Switzerland, and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1885)
"Amid the pleasure and novelty of the scene, the traveller is too apt to forget the dreariness of the eight or nine months of winter, when all the wayfarers ..."

2. Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico by John Russell Bartlett (1854)
"... biscuit—Toyah Creek—Travellers' tokens—Rescue of lost mule—dreariness and monotony of the Pecos— A horse's somerset—Delaware Creek—Snow-storm, sport, ..."

3. The Missions and Missionaries of California by Zephyrin Engelhardt (1912)
"dreariness of Mission Life.—Neve's Cruel Assumption. WHILE Neve was busy scheming to mortify the missionaries whom he should have encouraged and assisted, ..."

4. Ten Years in Washington: Or, Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital by Mary Clemmer (1882)
"... City in Christendom "—Egyptian dreariness—Incomplete and Desolate State of Affairs—The End of an Expensive Canal—The Water of Tiber Creek—American ..."

5. Shahmah in Pursuit of Freedom; Or, The Branded Hand by Frances Harriet Green (1858)
"... on board—Proposal to send her back—Robert opposes—Eulogy of his Friend—They go after the Canoe—dreariness of Scene—Sufferings of ..."

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