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drearness

drearness noun: the quality of being drear.

Noun

drearness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being drear.

Origin of drearness

From drear + -ness.

Questions about drearness

What does drearness mean?
Drearness means the quality of being drear.
What part of speech is drearness?
Drearness is a noun.

Words near drearness in the dictionary

  1. dreariment
  2. dreariments
  3. dreariness
  4. drearinesses
  5. drearisome
  6. drearness
  7. drears
  8. drearsome
  9. dreary
  10. dreave
  11. dreaved

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