dreary
adjective
[ ˈdrɪəri ]
• depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive.
• "the dreary round of working, eating, and trying to sleep"
Similar:
dull,
drab,
uninteresting,
flat,
dry,
banal,
bland,
insipid,
colourless,
lifeless,
sterile,
tedious,
wearisome,
boring,
unexciting,
unstimulating,
uninspiring,
desolate,
vapid,
jejune,
bloodless,
soul-destroying,
as dry as dust,
humdrum,
routine,
monotonous,
uneventful,
run-of-the-mill,
prosaic,
pedestrian,
commonplace,
everyday,
unexceptional,
unremarkable,
quotidian,
unvaried,
repetitive,
featureless,
ho-hum,
sad,
miserable,
depressing,
grim,
gloomy,
glum,
sombre,
grave,
doleful,
mournful,
melancholic,
joyless,
cheerless,
wretched,
dismal,
bleak,
dark,
dingy,
murky,
overcast,
Origin:
Old English drēorig ‘gory, cruel’, also ‘melancholy’, from drēor ‘gore’, of Germanic origin; related to German traurig ‘sorrowful’, also to drowsy, and probably to drizzle.
