/dɹɪə/, /dɹɪɚ/, /dɹɪɹ/
OriginShortening of dreary.
- literary, poeticDreary.
“Earth raised up her head
From the darkness dread and drear,”
“I spoke, perplexed by something in the signs
Of desolation I had seen and heard
In this drear pilgrimage to ruined shrines:”
“And over all, the dead silence of the dead, the sense of utter loneliness, and the brooding spirit of the Past! How beautiful it was, and yet how drear! We did not dare to speak aloud.”
Formsdrearer(comparative) · drearest(superlative) · drears(plural) · dreare(alternative)