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adjective
- 1. (especially of weather) dreary; bleak: Scottish "a cold, dreich early April day"
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adjective. Scottish English uk / driːx / us / driːx / Add to word list. used for describing wet, dark, unpleasant weather. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Describing bad weather. bleakly. bleakness. broke. depression. fickleness. greyly. hostile. inclement. murky. rough. sock something/someone in (with sb) sunless. threatening.
adjective. ˈdrēḵ. Synonyms of dreich. chiefly Scotland. : dreary. Synonyms. black. bleak. cheerless. chill. Cimmerian. cloudy. cold. comfortless. darkening. depressing. depressive. desolate. dire. disconsolate. dismal. dreary. elegiacal. forlorn. funereal.
4 meanings: Scottish dialect dreary → 1. sad or dull; dismal 2. wearying; boring 3. archaic miserable.... Click for more definitions.
Definition of dreich adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Jun 2, 2024 · dreich ( countable and uncountable, plural dreiches) ( countable, Northern England, North Midlands) A tedious or troublesome task; also, the most tedious or troublesome part of a task. ( uncountable, Scotland) Bleakness, gloom; specifically, gloomy ( cold, overcast, rainy, etc.) weather.
Synonyms for DREICH: bleak, dark, depressing, lonely, somber, darkening, depressive, desolate; Antonyms of DREICH: bright, cheerful, cheery, festive, friendly, sunshiny, comforting, jolly
adjective. dialect. dreary. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of dreich 1. Middle English dreig, drih enduring, from Old English drēog (unattested); see dree. Discover More. Example Sentences. Can you no' give the young ladies wiselike Scotch songs instead o' that dreich Concone?' From Project Gutenberg.