Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DREAR'Y
DREAR'Y, a. [Sax. dreorig.]
- Dismal; gloomy; as, a dreary waste; dreary shades. This word implies both solitude and gloom.
- Sorrowful; distressing; as, dreary shrieks. – Spenser.
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