dreary

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdrɪəri/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈdrɪri/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(drēr′ē)

Inflections of 'dreary' (adj):
drearier
adj comparative
dreariest
adj superlative
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dreary adj (weather: dull)deprimente adj mf
  gris adj mf
 It was a dreary day and Luke didn't feel like going out.
 Era un día deprimente y a Luke no le apetecía salir.
dreary adj (personality: dull)triste adj mf
  sombrío/a adj
 The new guy at work is so dreary that I try to avoid talking to him.
 El chico nuevo del trabajo es tan triste que siempre trato de evitar hablar con él.
dreary adj (task: boring)monótono/a adj
  aburrido/a adj
 I don't think the boss likes me; she always gives me the dreary work to do.
 No creo que le caiga bien a la jefa; siempre me asigna las tareas monótonas.
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'dreary' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
cheerless - cheerlessly - dirge - drear - miasmic - morgue
Spanish:
lóbrego - embolador - feo - igual - monótono - pardo - sosería

Collocations: a dreary [day, winter], a dreary [February, winter] day, a dreary and [rainy, cloudy, wet] day, more...

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