drear
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of drear
First recorded in 1620–30; back formation from dreary
Example Sentences
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“For largely dramatic roles, I’ve long cast actors with comic chops; they know how to make emotions real but without drear,” the director said in an email.
From Los Angeles Times
The design scheme of the production can be summed up as fluorescent drear, presumably to convey the grimness of Jamie’s school.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s like Britain’s last kitchen-sink movie, a film that focuses on pure domestic drear.
From The Guardian
I imagined the Lonely Mountains isolated by their own vastness and strangeness, their slow, cold hearts filled with a drear and incurable loneliness.
From The Guardian
This Portland-based duo is signed to the San Francisco label Father/Daughter, and for good reason: their sound is both California glamour and Pacific Northwest drear.
From Seattle Times
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