Dictionary

drearsome en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English drear Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English drearsome From drear + -some.

Meanings

1. Marked by dreariness; characteristically dreary.
   • 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. 2008, Leslie Thomas, In My Wildest Dreams:
   • “[...] 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.” 2013, Amanda Scott, Dangerous Illusions:

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Synonyms

bleaksome