Drearsome
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Drearsome is an adjective meaning Marked by dreariness; characteristically dreary.
Meaning
Marked by dreariness; characteristically dreary.
Example Sentences
“[...] And as if it were your custom to wear your best habit on a drearsome day like this one. The old blue one were good enough for Miss Charley and Miss Melissa afore today.”
It seemed to me illogical that, at some expense, the Government was going to keep me for eighteen months doing something for which I had no aptitude whatever. Even when I eventually settled to the dull and drearsome life in the Pay Office in Singapore, I had good shorthand speed and I could type, but these jobs were allotted to civilians while I tried to make sense of army accounting.
Synonyms for drearsome
Depending on context, synonyms include bleaksome.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dreich, dreary, dismal, gray, diresome, dullsome.
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