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Meaning of "dreariness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DREARINESS

dreariness  [ˈdrɪərɪnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DREARINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dreariness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DREARINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dreariness in the English dictionary

The definition of dreariness in the dictionary is dismalness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DREARINESS


airiness
ˈɛərɪnɪs
cheeriness
ˈtʃɪərɪnɪs
contrariness
kənˈtrɛərɪnɪs
hairiness
ˈhɛərɪnɪs
jitteriness
ˈdʒɪtərɪnɪs
mercenariness
ˈmɜːsɪnərɪnɪs
necessariness
ˈnɛsɪsərɪnɪs
ordinariness
ˈɔːdɪnərɪnɪs
sanitariness
ˈsænɪtərɪnɪs
slipperiness
ˈslɪpərɪnɪs
smeariness
ˈsmɪərɪnɪs
solitariness
ˈsɒlɪtərɪnɪs
stationariness
ˈsteɪʃənərɪnɪs
subsidiariness
səbˈsɪdɪərɪnɪs
teariness
ˈtɪərɪnɪs
unnecessariness
ʌnˈnɛsəsərɪnɪs
voluntariness
ˈvɒləntərɪnɪs
wariness
ˈwɛərɪnɪs
weariness
ˈwɪərɪnɪs
wiriness
ˈwaɪərɪnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DREARINESS

dreaming
dreamingly
dreamland
dreamless
dreamlessly
dreamlessness
dreamlike
dreamt
Dreamtime
dreamy
drear
drearier
dreariest
drearihead
drearihood
drearily
dreariment
drearing
drearisome
dreary

WORDS THAT END LIKE DREARINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
laziness
loneliness
loveliness
readiness
timeliness

Synonyms and antonyms of dreariness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dreariness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DREARINESS

Find out the translation of dreariness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dreariness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dreariness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

凄凉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

monotonía
570 millions of speakers

English

dreariness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dreariness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كآبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скука
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dreariness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dreariness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tristesse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keseronokan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trostlosigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

わびしさ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

황량함
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dreariness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mơ mộng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dreariness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Dreariness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hüzün
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tristezza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

posępność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нудьга
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pustietate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dreariness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

somberheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dreariness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dreariness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dreariness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DREARINESS»

The term «dreariness» is regularly used and occupies the 98.205 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DREARINESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dreariness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DREARINESS»

Discover the use of dreariness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dreariness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Visionary Dreariness: Readings in Romanticism's Quotidian ...
' The purpose of this book is to sift the literature of the Romantic everyday, both prose and poetry, canonical and noncan.
Markus Poetzsch, 2013
2
The Visionary Company: A Reading of English Romantic Poetry
It was, in truth, An ordinary sight; but I should need Colours and words that are unknown to man, To paint the visionary dreariness Which, while I looked all round for my lost guide, Invested moorland waste and naked pool, The beacon ...
Harold Bloom, 1971
3
Aesthetics and Arts Education
In 1951, J. A. Passmore shamelessly titled an essay "The Dreariness of Aesthetics."1 Drawing on John Wisdom's earlier complaints, he denounced aesthetics' dullness, its pretentiousness, and the fact that it was "peculiarly unilluminating.
Ralph Alexander Smith, Alan Simpson, 1991
4
The Net
The country is so grandly wild and desolate that I am charmed by its wonderful dreariness. Its mossy, gray clad rocks, heaped and thrown together in huge masses, hanging on smaller ones. as if about to roll down from their insecure resting ...
5
Tennyson
Words surely never excited a more vivid feeling of physical and spiritual dreariness: and not dreariness alone - for that might be felt under many other circumstances of solitude - but the dreariness which speaks not merely of being far from ...
Christopher Ricks, 1989
6
The Emergence of American Literary Narrative, 1820-1860
This "ordinary sight" took on a power of "visionary dreariness" that the poem conveys by a differentiated verbal repetition, which, in turn, models the recurrence-with-change of the scene in his memory and later life. So, in the next lines, the ...
Jonathan Arac, 2005
7
Einstein: His Life and Universe
“One of the strongest motives that leads men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness,” Einstein said. “ Such men make this cosmos and its construction the pivot of their emotional life, ...
Walter Isaacson, 2007
8
Language as living form in nineteenth-century poetry
To paint the visionary dreariness Which, while I looked round for my lost guide, Did at that time invest the naked pool, The beacon on the lonely eminence, The woman and her garments vexed and tossed By the strong wind. (xi, 311—16) If ...
Isobel Armstrong, 1982
9
His Hope for Your Destiny: Soaring Above the Storms
His Hope for Your Destiny is able to shine a ray of light into the dreariness of your storm. Sarah Beth Lindberg desires to use Gods Word to provide strength for the storms that so often come in life.
Sarah Beth Lindberg, 2009
10
Narnia and the Fields of Arbol: The Environmental Vision of ...
The obvious richness, grace, and harmony of some scenes are no more precious to them than the grimness, bleakness, terror, monotony, or “visionary dreariness” of others. The featureless itself gets from them a willing response. It is one more ...
Matthew Dickerson, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DREARINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dreariness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Is It Brave or Insane to Choose to Divorce?
When she is gone, it's like I'm in the black & white scenes from the "Wizard of Oz": twisters, an evil neighbor, and the dreariness of a flat Kansas ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Oh my word Alone, Lone, Lonely, Lonesome
Loneliness is a noun: solitude, isolation, seclusion, aloneness, dreariness, forlornness, lonesomeness. Lonesome is an adjective means lonely ... «The Hans India, Jul 15»
3
Restaurant review: JL Hawkins Family Farm
An old rusty, red gas pump surrounded by cheery yellow flowers offered a bright spot with all the dreariness cast by the weather. The farm ... «News Sentinel, Jul 15»
4
The time for real change has come
... they are sick of the hollowness and dreariness of life and so they yearn for something new. However, one thing people who yearn for change ... «Stabroek News, Jul 15»
5
The Montclair Film Festival: The Best Place for Provocative Social …
You can feel his grinding, hand-to-mouth dreariness and isolation that comes from being disconnected from his family and work. You feel the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Ghazal, ghazaal and gazelle
Depending on the context, vahshat could mean: wilderness, desert, solitude, loneliness, dreariness, sadness, dread, fright, terror, desolateness ... «Kasmir Monitor, Jul 15»
7
Review: Screen take on classic leaves out fine details
... and muddy streets of rural Yonville, while the drab interiors convey how the marital home becomes a prison of dreariness and boredom. «The Queensland Times, Jul 15»
8
Paul Gascoigne: Tears in Turin and England's World Cup …
... were welcomed home as heroes by England supporters who had fallen in love with the national team again after two decades of dreariness. «SkySports, Jul 15»
9
Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers, and Swells: The Best of Early …
In the introduction to this fascinating volume Carter begins, “When the dreariness, the madness, and oh, the sheer tackiness of modern life get ... «TAPinto.net, Jul 15»
10
Red Sox should drop Rick Porcello until All-Star break
... disasters like the one Porcello perpetrated on the Sox Wednesday and b) giving him a respite from the dreariness of answering for a winless ... «ESPN, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Dreariness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dreariness>. Apr 2024 ».
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