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dreare

dreare is the obsolete form of drear.

Meaning of drear

Adjective

drear (comparative drearer, superlative drearest)

  1. (literary, poetic) Dreary.
    • Earth raised up her head
      From the darkness dread and drear,1794, William Blake, Earth's Answer, lines 1-2

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Forms of dreare

Adjective
comparativemore dreare
superlativemost dreare
Noun
pluraldreares

Questions about dreare

What is dreare the obsolete form of?
Dreare is the obsolete form of drear.

Words near dreare in the dictionary

  1. dreap
  2. dreaped
  3. dreaping
  4. dreaps
  5. drear
  6. dreare
  7. drearer
  8. drearest
  9. drearier
  10. drearies
  11. dreariest

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