1. comparative form of dreary; more dreary; more dull, bleak, or depressing

Examples

• The weather today is drearer than yesterday.
• That part of town looks even drearer in winter.
• The movie had a drearer tone than I expected.
• His mood grew drearer as the day went on.
• The landscape became drearer the farther north we traveled.
• She found the office drearer without any windows.
• The drearer the setting, the more the characters struggled emotionally.