[ adj ] causing dejection <adj.all> a blue daythe dark days of the war a week of rainy depressing weather a disconsolate winter landscape the first dismal dispiriting days of November a dark gloomy day grim rainy weather
Drear \Drear\ (dr[=e]r), a. [See {Dreary}.] Dismal; gloomy with solitude. ``A drear and dying sound.'' --Milton.
Drear \Drear\, n. Sadness; dismalness. [Obs.] --Spenser.