Defn: Dismal; gloomy with solitude. "A drear and dying sound."
Milton.
DREAR
Drear, n.
Defn: Sadness; dismalness. [Obs.] Spenser.
DREARIHEAD; DREARIHOOD
Drear"i*head, Drear"i*hood, n.
Defn: Affliction; dreariness. [Obs.] Spenser.
DREARILY
Drear"i*ly, adv.
Defn: Gloomily; dismally.
DREARIMENT
Drear"i*ment, n.
Defn: Dreariness. [Obs.] Spenser.
DREARINESS
Drear"i*ness, n.