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Meanings of dreariness in English

Portuguese
insipidez
Catalan
avorriment

Extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest.

        insipidez
        Usage of dreariness in English
        1
        The day was dark and rainy; the landscape was a flat dreariness.
        The Colossus: A Novel
        2
        The charm of life was gone; there was nothing but dreariness left.
        The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete
        3
        I see that all is not dreariness and misery in the Poplars.
        Dona Perfecta
        4
        As to the house itself, it was the dingy abode of dreariness.
        Chapters of Opera / Being historical and critical observations a...
        5
        My dreariness has not been induced by the look of the house.
        Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 22...
        6
        The dreariness of my heart thawed and melted into peace and calm.
        The Upton Letters
        7
        She suddenly put her face against his shoulder in a lonely dreariness.
        The Emigrant Trail
        8
        After the dreariness of Norfolk, the prospect of action had excited him.
        The Neutronium Alchemist
        9
        She was moody and longed for something that would banish the dreariness.
        Lister's Great Adventure
        10
        It's no wonder that 11-year-old Jason Lowry dreams of escaping the dreariness.
        The Irish Times
        11
        I said to myself, oppressed by the dreariness, as I drove by.
        Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life...
        12
        The first thing, I think, that I grew conscious of, was dreariness.
        The Flight of the Shadow
        13
        She could escape the dreariness of that underground cell, but Oscar couldn't.
        In every heartbeat
        14
        This dreariness was worse than any her dreary, lonely life had known.
        The Trespasser
        15
        The effect upon him was one of indescribable, almost of horrible, dreariness.
        In the Wilderness
        16
        Oh, the dreariness of the reality when compared with those bright expectations.
        We Two: A Novel
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        Portuguese
        insipideztédio
        Dreariness through the time
        Dreariness across language varieties
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