dreary
adjective
causing sadness or gloom.
dreariest
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superlativeof dreary.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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And as an already sleep deprived, anxiety attack-prone person facing the darkest, dreariest season of the year, I figured it was worth a shot to try to nourish my way to a better attitude.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2023
"The problem with Pixar's latest feature isn't just that it's the animation house's dullest, dreariest, most spiritually empty to date. It's that it fails even on its own painstakingly contrived open-goal terms."
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2022
After losing his bid for speaker, De León was stripped of his Appropriations chairmanship and relegated to one of the dreariest offices in the state Capitol.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2022
The experts at MLB.com are the dreariest I’ve found: They think Washington will only sign all-star reliever Brad Hand and all-star catcher James McCann.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2020
That Sunday turned out to be the dreariest one on record.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
