Clues for the word "DREARY"
We've had 51 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 110 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on February 03, 2026.
Definition of dreary
- superl. - Sorrowful; distressful.
- superl. - Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy.
Referring Clues
- Depressing
- Not bright
- Lacking in liveliness
- Like a dismal day
- Not all that bright
- Depressive
- Cheerless
- Gloomy
- Bleak
- Depressingly dismal
- Overcast
- Gray
- "Once upon a midnight ___ ..."
- Glum
- Dismal
- Boring
- Like rainy weather, say
- Like a rainy day
- Boring, as work
- Tacky
- Doleful
- Grey and dull
- Monotonous
- Dull
- It's depressing for a listener surrounded by what's uninteresting
- It's dismally dull, back in the outskirts of Derby
- Cutting round something to bend that's grey
- Ready to get upset about a piece of work being tedious
- Gloomy doctor takes year off
- Gloomy feature in arid surroundings
- Drab
- Under Prohibition, without an audience, it's very boring
- Gloomy for listener held in boring grip
- Boring, boring Arsenal's centre behind front two
- Dispirited doctor takes a year off
- Dismal record and one goes for religious education
- Dismal conclusion to lady holding back
- *See 61-Across
- Gloomy & dismal
- Dismal part of neglected rear yard
- Gloomy auditor found in dull surroundings
- The old finish behind the young beginner - it's not very exciting
- Dull day back at yard
- Thirsty to grab attention? Not interesting
- Gloomy doctor, tired, losing weight
- Depressingly dull
- Sad or dull
- Tedious wine type grabbing attention
- Like overcast days
- Dull and depressing
- Overcast, say
Last Seen In
- Mindfood Daily - February 03, 2026
- Your Life Choices - September 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 17, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 27, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 30, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 27, 2025
- New York Times - March 23, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 20, 2025
- Daily Quick - January 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 18, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - September 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 05, 2024
- LA Times - August 02, 2024
- Daily Quick - June 17, 2024
- Your Life Choices - April 16, 2024
- USA Today - December 06, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - August 24, 2023
- Your Life Choices - July 04, 2023
- Daily Quick - May 30, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - May 15, 2023
- Daily Quick - May 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - April 24, 2023
- Daily Quick - January 01, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - December 29, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - November 15, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 26, 2022
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