" dreary "

1: causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer;

  * e.g., " ... vowed that he would never take a desk job working in a dreary office "

•  Synonyms : 

•  black,

•  bleak,

•  cheerless,

•  chill,

•  Cimmerian,

•  cloudy,

•  cold,

•  comfortless,

•  dark,

•  darkening,

•  depressing,

•  depressive,

•  desolate,

•  dire,

•  disconsolate,

•  dismal,

•  drear,

•  dreich,

•  elegiac,

•  forlorn,

•  funereal,

•  gloomy,

•  glum,

•  godforsaken,

•  gray,

•  lonely,

•  lonesome,

•  lugubrious,

•  miserable,

•  morbid,

•  morose,

•  murky,

•  plutonian,

•  saturnine,

•  sepulchral,

•  solemn,

•  somber,

•  sullen,

•  sunless,

•  tenebrific,

•  tenebrous,

•  wretched

•  Antonyms : 

•  bright,

•  cheerful,

•  cheering,

•  cheery,

•  comforting,

•  cordial,

•  festive,

•  friendly,

•  gay,

•  heartwarming,

•  sunshiny

2: causing unhappiness;

  * e.g., " ... decided to see a professional counselor in order to save their dreary marriage "

•  Synonyms : 

•  depressing,

•  dismal,

•  drear,

•  heartbreaking,

•  heartrending,

•  melancholy,

•  mournful,

•  pathetic,

•  sad,

•  saddening,

•  sorry,

•  tearful,

•  teary

•  Antonyms : 

•  cheering,

•  cheery,

•  glad,

•  happy

3: causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest;

  * e.g., " ... another dreary social event to suffer through "

•  Synonyms : 

•  arid,

•  boring,

•  colorless,

•  drab,

•  drudging,

•  dry,

•  dull,

•  dusty,

•  flat,

•  heavy,

•  ho-hum,

•  humdrum,

•  jading,

•  jejune,

•  leaden,

•  mind-numbing,

•  monochromatic,

•  monotonous,

•  numbing,

•  old,

•  pedestrian,

•  ponderous,

•  slow,

•  stale,

•  stodgy,

•  stuffy,

•  stupid,

•  tame,

•  tedious,

•  tiresome,

•  tiring,

•  uninteresting,

•  wearisome,

•  weary,

•  wearying

•  Antonyms : 

•  absorbing,

•  engaging,

•  engrossing,

•  gripping,

•  interesting,

•  intriguing,

•  involving,

•  riveting