From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Drear \Drear\ (dr[=e]r), adjective [See {Dreary}.] Dismal; gloomy with solitude. ''A drear and dying sound.'' --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Drear \Drear\, noun Sadness; dismalness. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams [syn: {dingy}, {dismal}, {drab}, {dreary}, {gloomy}, {sorry}]
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