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Definition: Dreariness |
DrearinessNoun1. Extreme dullness. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dreariness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
Synonym: DrearinessSynonym: boringness (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Dreariness |
| English words defined with "dreariness": Drearihood, Dreariment. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "dreariness": Dreariment. (references) |
| "Dreariness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dreariness" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 22 | 74,468 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "dreariness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كآبة (bleakness, damp, dejection, depression, desolation, despondency, gauntness, gloom, gloominess, grief, low spirits, melancholy, moodiness, mope, sadness, sombreness, sorrow, spleen), وحشة (solicitude, solitude). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 阴郁. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | synkkyys (bleakness, gloom, melancholy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tristesse, monotonie, aspect morne. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | trostlosigkeit (bleakness, desolation, disconsolateness, drear, grimness, hopelessness, misery, wretchedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שממון (depression, desolation, horror, tediousness), שעמום (bore, boredom, dryness, dullness, humdrum, monotony, prosiness, tedium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kietlenség, sivárság (aridity, baldness, barrenness, bleakness, desolation, dinginess). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tristezza (dejection, gloom, gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness, somberness, sombreness, sorrow, unhappiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | bugganeys (frightfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | earinessdray мрачность (blackness, dourness, gloom, gloominess, saturninity, somberness). (various references) turobnost (disherison). (various references) tristeza (dejection, gloom, lamina, melancholia, misery, sadness, sorrow), monotonía (monotone, monotony, sameness). (various references) ความเศร้าซึม. (various references) melankoli (hypochondria, melancholia, melancholy, vapors, vapours), keder (damp, dole, dolefulness, dolor, dolour, gloominess, grief, heartbreak, low spirits, plaintiveness, ruefulness, sadness, shadow, sorrow, unhappiness, woe), kasvet (cheerlessness, depression, doldrums, dolefulness, gloom, gloominess, heaviness, heebie-jeebies, murk, somberness, sombreness, sullenness), hüzün (blues, doldrums, dole, dolefulness, gloom, gloominess, melancholy, ruefulness, sadness, shadow, somberness, sombreness, spleen), belirsizlik (ambiguity, dark, doubtfulness, dreaminess, drift, dubiousness, equivocalness, fogginess, fuzziness, generality, gloom, haze, haziness, if, incalculability, indefiniteness, indistinctness, laxity, laxness, limbo, suspense, troubled waters, twilight world, twilight zone, uncertainty, vagueness). (various references) похмурість (darkness, gloom, greyness). (various references) vẻ bu"n thảm, sự thê lương cảnh ảm đạm, sự t"i t n (poverty), sự bu"n thảm, sự ảm đạm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dreariness": drearinesses. (additional references) | |
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"Dreariness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: drearies. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dreariness" (pronounced drē"rēnus) |
| 5 | -r ē n u s | arbitrariness, contrariness, hairiness, solitariness, wariness, weariness. |
| 4 | -ē n u s | airworthiness, bagginess, cleanliness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, coziness, craziness, creditworthiness, creepiness, deadliness, dizziness, drowsiness, edginess, emptiness, friendliness, frothiness, funniness, ghastliness, happiness, holiness, laziness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, nastiness, niggardliness, nosiness, orderliness, pettiness, queasiness, raciness, readiness, riskiness, roominess, rowdiness, scantiness, shakiness, silliness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, steadiness, stinginess, sturdiness, tardiness, tastiness, timeliness, trustworthiness, ugliness, uneasiness, unhappiness, unwieldiness, wimpiness, worldliness, worthiness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, Conus, coolness, correctness, creativeness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, effectiveness, elusiveness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, fullness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, handedness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, quickness, quietness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, robustness, roughness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tartness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, truthfulness, unconsciousness, unfairness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-n-r-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: arsenides, nearsides, readiness, serranids. | |
-2 letters: aniseeds, aridness, arsenide, dearness, derrises, desirers, direness, drainers, drearies, dressier, nearside, rareness, reraised, reraises, residers, sardines, serranid. | |
-3 letters: aniseed, arrises, arsines, darners, dearies, deniers, dernier, derries, desirer, desires, disease, drainer, dresser, earners, endears, erasers, errands, nerdier, nereids, raiders, raisers, randier, randies, readers, readier, readies, redears, redness, redress, redries. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-i-n-r-r-s-s" | |
+2 letters: drearinesses, readdressing. | |
+3 letters: adversariness, headshrinkers, merchandisers. | |
+4 letters: arrondissement, ordinarinesses, predestinators. | |
+5 letters: adversarinesses, arrondissements, disarrangements, predestinarians, rudimentariness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 72 65 61 72 69 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .-. . .- .-. .. -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01110010 01100101 01100001 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D r e a r i n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0072 0065 0061 0072 0069 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38847167847580718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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