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drear

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5 lettersPronunciation /dɹɪə/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aderrStarts with DEnds with R0 clues

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Back-formation from dreary. Compare greed.

“Earth raised up her head From the darkness dread and drear,”
“I spoke, perplexed by something in the signs Of desolation I had seen and heard In this drear pilgrimage to ruined shrines:”
“And over all, the dead silence of the dead, the sense of utter loneliness, and the brooding spirit of the Past! How beautiful it was, and yet how drear! We did not dare to speak aloud.”

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