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Synonyms of drearisome

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Another word for drearisome is depressing. Other synonyms of drearisome are grim, melancholy, dreary, miserable and gloomy.

Synonyms and similar words for drearisome

adjectiveCharacterised or marked by dreariness.

  • bleakUnhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
  • sombreDark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.
  • cheerlessDevoid of cheer; gloomy.
  • comfortlessOf a thing: offering no comfort; uncomforting.
  • darkConducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
  • moroseSullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
  • depressingCausing depression or sadness.
  • desolateDismal or dreary.
  • direExpressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal.
  • disconsolateCheerless, dreary.
  • dismalCausing despair; gloomy and bleak.
  • dolefulFilled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.
  • dolesomeCharacterised or marked by sorrow and grief; doleful; dismal; gloomy.
  • drearDreary.
  • drearyDrab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
  • dreich UK, dialectalBleak, cheerless, dismal, dreary, miserable.
  • forlornPitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
  • gaylessLacking gaiety; gloomy; somber; drab.
  • grayDreary, gloomy, cloudy.
  • gloomsomeCharacterised or marked by gloom.
  • gloomySuffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
  • grimDismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
  • joylessWithout joy; unhappy, sad.
  • lack-laughterCheerless; sombre; serious.
  • lugubriousGloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
  • melancholyAffected with great sadness or depression.
  • mirthlessLacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.
  • miserableOf the weather, extremely unpleasant due to being cold, wet, overcast, etc.
  • no joke
  • saturnineOf a setting: depressing, dull, gloomy.
  • somber
  • spiritlessLacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.
  • sullenGloomy; dismal; foreboding.
  • sunlessDreary, cheerless.
  • uncheerfulNot cheerful.
  • uncheeryNot cheery; gloomy, pessimistic.
  • unhappy
  • unmerryNot merry, the opposite of merry; sad, gloomy.
  • wintryChilling, cheerless.
  • woeful
  • solemn obsoleteCheerless, gloomy, sombre.

Meaning of drearisome

  1. adjective Characterised or marked by dreariness.

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Questions about synonyms of drearisome

What is another word for drearisome?
Drearisome has 41 synonyms on Word.ws, such as depressing, grim, melancholy, dreary, miserable, gloomy, sombre and dire.
What does drearisome mean?
Drearisome means characterised or marked by dreariness.

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