Monotonous vs Dreary - What's the difference?
monotonous | dreary | Related terms |
having an unvarying tone or pitch
tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety
(obsolete) Grievous, dire; appalling.
Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
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Monotonous is a related term of dreary.
As adjectives the difference between monotonous and dreary
is that monotonous is having an unvarying tone or pitch while dreary is (obsolete) grievous, dire; appalling.monotonous
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(en adjective)Synonyms
* monotonic * samelydreary
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(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.