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drearer

drearer is the comparative 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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Questions about drearer

What is drearer the comparative form of?
Drearer is the comparative form of drear.

Words near drearer in the dictionary

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

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