Collocations for "dreary"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "dreary" in context.
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dreary
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a dreary [day, winter]
- a dreary [February, winter] day
- a dreary and [rainy, cloudy, wet] day
- a dreary day [for a picnic, to go to the park]
- it is too dreary (out) [for a picnic]
- it is really dreary out today!
- what a dreary day!
- dreary weather (outside)
- some dreary intervals
- a dreary [place, town]
- a dreary [bar, pub, saloon]
- a dreary [life, existence]
- life [feels, seems] dreary [these days, recently, at the moment]
- the movie was [just, incredibly] dreary
- dreary and [cold, depressing, desolate, dull, boring]
- [so, really, terribly, too] dreary
'dreary' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):