Dreary vs Muffle - What's the difference?
dreary | muffle |
(obsolete) Grievous, dire; appalling.
Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
* 1818 , , Volume 1, Chapter V:
Anything that mutes or deadens sound.
A warm piece of clothing for the hands.
A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames (a muffle furnace)
The bare end of the nose between the nostrils, especially in ruminants.
To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up .
* Addison
* Dryden
* Arbuthnot
To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound.
To mute or deaden (a sound etc.).
* 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 397:
(dated) To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
(dated) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
As an adjective dreary
is (obsolete) grievous, dire; appalling.As a noun muffle is
anything that mutes or deadens sound.As a verb muffle is
to wrap (a person, face etc) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up .dreary
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- It had rained for three days straight, and the dreary weather dragged the townspeople's spirits down.
- Once upon a midnight dreary , while I pondered, weak and weary...
- It was on a dreary night of November, that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils.
Anagrams
*muffle
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(muffl)- The face lies muffled up within the garment.
- He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes.
- muffled up in darkness and superstition
- to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock
- The singer's voice was muffled by the thick walls, yet Tyrion knew the verse.