drearisome
English
adj
Definitions
- Very dreary.
Etymology
Suffix from English dreary (dire, appalling, colourless, drab, dark, grievous, cheerless).
Origin
English
dreary
Gloss
dire, appalling, colourless, drab, dark, grievous, cheerless
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
暗, 闇, 冥
Emoji
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Timeline
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Cognates and derived terms
- drear English
- drearihead English
- drearihood English
- drearily English
- dreariment English
- dreariness English
- dreary English
- drery Middle English