dreariness
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dreariness
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From Middle English drerinesse, drerynesse, from Old English drēoriġnys (“dreariness, sadness”), equivalent to dreary + -ness.
noun drearinesses
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The characteristic of being dreary.
What tho’ the moon—the white moon
Shed all the splendour of her noon,
Her smile is chilly—and her beam,
In that time of dreariness, will seem
(So like you gather in your breath)
A portrait taken after death.
Similar: drearihead, gloom, melancholia
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noun state of being dreary
| Deutsch | Trostlosigkeit, Öde, Tristesse, Langweiligkeit |
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