Translation meaning & definition of the word "dreary" into Dutch language

adjective

1. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

• "Her drab personality"

• "Life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"

• "A series of dreary dinner parties"

synonym:
• drab
,
• dreary

1. Gebrek aan levendigheid of charme of verrassing

• "Haar saaie persoonlijkheid"

• "Het leven was saai vergeleken met de meer opwindende levensstijl in het buitenland"

• "Een reeks sombere etentjes"

synoniem:
• drab
,
• somber

2. Causing dejection

• "A blue day"

• "The dark days of the war"

• "A week of rainy depressing weather"

• "A disconsolate winter landscape"

• "The first dismal dispiriting days of november"

• "A dark gloomy day"

• "Grim rainy weather"

synonym:
• blue
,
• dark
,
• dingy
,
• disconsolate
,
• dismal
,
• gloomy
,
• grim
,
• sorry
,
• drab
,
• drear
,
• dreary

2. Neerslachtigheid veroorzaken

• "Een blauwe dag"

• "De donkere dagen van de oorlog"

• "Een week van regenachtig deprimerend weer"

• "Een troosteloos winterlandschap"

• "De eerste sombere, ontmoedigende dagen van november"

• "Een donkere sombere dag"

• "Grimmig regenachtig weer"

synoniem:
• blauw
,
• donker
,
• groezelig
,
• troosten
,
• somber
,
• grimmig
,
• sorry
,
• drab
,
• drear

Examples of using

Never in all my life have I seen such a dreary graveyard.

Nooit in mijn hele leven heb ik zo'n somber kerkhof gezien.