noun
- plural of drear; dreary or gloomy things; periods of sadness or gloom
Usage: often used in poetic or literary contexts
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of drear; to make dreary or gloomy
Usage: archaic or rare usage
Examples
- The winter drears seemed endless during those cold, dark months.
- She escaped the drears of city life by moving to the countryside.
- The constant rain drears the landscape and dampens spirits.
- His poetry often explores the drears of human existence.
- Nothing drears a day quite like unexpected bad news.
- The drears of unemployment weighed heavily on him.