slovo | definícia |
dreary (mass) | dreary
- miláčik, skľúčený |
dreary (encz) | dreary,deprimující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
dreary (encz) | dreary,drahoušek n: Zdeněk Brož |
dreary (encz) | dreary,chmurný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
dreary (encz) | dreary,melancholický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
dreary (encz) | dreary,miláček n: Zdeněk Brož |
dreary (encz) | dreary,pochmurný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
dreary (encz) | dreary,ponurý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Dreary (gcide) | Dreary \Drear"y\ (dr[=e]r"[y^]), a. [Compar. Drearier; superl.
Dreariest.] [OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dre['o]rig, sad; akin
to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dre['o]san to fall, Goth.
driusan. Cf. Dross, Drear, Drizzle, Drowse.]
1. Sorrowful; distressful. [Obs.] " Dreary shrieks."
--Spenser.
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2. Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations;
comfortless; dismal; gloomy. " Dreary shades." --Dryden.
"The dreary ground." --Prior.
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Full many a dreary anxious hour. --Keble.
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Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary
part of that dreary interval which separated two
ages of prosperity. --Macaulay.
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dreary (wn) | dreary
adj 1: lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her drab
personality"; "life was drab compared with the more
exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner
parties" [syn: drab, dreary]
2: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war";
"a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter
landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November";
"a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn: blue,
dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim,
sorry, drab, drear, dreary] |
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Dreary (gcide) | Dreary \Drear"y\ (dr[=e]r"[y^]), a. [Compar. Drearier; superl.
Dreariest.] [OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dre['o]rig, sad; akin
to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dre['o]san to fall, Goth.
driusan. Cf. Dross, Drear, Drizzle, Drowse.]
1. Sorrowful; distressful. [Obs.] " Dreary shrieks."
--Spenser.
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2. Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations;
comfortless; dismal; gloomy. " Dreary shades." --Dryden.
"The dreary ground." --Prior.
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Full many a dreary anxious hour. --Keble.
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Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary
part of that dreary interval which separated two
ages of prosperity. --Macaulay.
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