Synonyms of dreariness

dreariness

noun

as in sadness

a state or spell of low spirits

my own dreariness seemed to match the dismal weather we were having

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sadness
• depression
• melancholy
• sorrowfulness
• mournfulness
• gloom
• gloominess
• sorrow
• oppression
• grief
• joylessness
• misery
• anguish
• unhappiness
• glumness
• dejection
• blues
• despair
• agony
• heartsickness
• desperation
• forlornness
• doldrums
• miserableness
• dumps
• despondence
• mopes
• despondency
• boredom
• desolation
• downheartedness
• pain
• blue devils
• mourning
• despond
• distress
• disconsolateness
• melancholia
• dolefulness
• dispiritedness
• somberness
• self-pity
• regret
• discouragement
• wretchedness
• ennui
• hopelessness
• tedium
• drear
• disheartenment
• dolor
• moroseness
• woe
• moodiness
• morbidness
• woefulness
• self-despair
• rue
• morosity
• dismalness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joy
• happiness
• joyousness
• exuberance
• euphoria
• elation
• intoxication
• ecstasy
• joyfulness
• bliss
• exultation
• exhilaration
• jubilation
• heaven
• gladness
• rapture
• mirth
• felicity
• lightheartedness
• gaiety
• glee
• humor
• merriment
• jollity
• joviality
• optimism
• cheerfulness
• cheeriness
• gayness
• hopefulness
• blissfulness
• contentment
• elatedness
• gladsomeness
• content
• satisfaction
• cheer
• gleefulness
• mirthfulness
• rapturousness
• sunniness
• contentedness
• gratification
• delight

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dreariness

Jonestown afflicted Naipaul’s vision, his way of deciphering not just political manias but the dreariness of urban life, the perpetual doom of the nuclear-arms race. — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 14 July 2026

Days shorten, shadows lengthen, and the cold and dreariness of winter return. — Thomas A. Dubois, The Conversation, 17 June 2026

Valentine’s Day is like a sweet little respite from February dreariness. — Rebecca Norris, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026