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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drear \Drear\, n. Sadness; dismalness. [Obs.] --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drear \Drear\, a. [See {Dreary}.] Dismal; gloomy with solitude. ``A drear and dying sound.'' --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: drear adj : depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams [syn: {dingy}, {dismal}, {drab}, {dreary}, {gloomy}, {sorry}]
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