drearihead

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noun

sadness; dreariness

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melancholiamelancholyunhappinessbluenesstristessemirthlessnessbluescrestfallenness
OriginMiddle English dreryhed →
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Meanings

noundrearihead (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablesadness; dreariness

    suddein feare and ghastly drerihedd

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

    Synonyms: melancholia, melancholy, unhappiness, blueness, tristesse, mirthlessness, blues, crestfallenness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsadness; dreariness

Similar
melancholiamelancholyunhappinessbluenesstristessemirthlessnessbluescrestfallennessdejectiondepressiondespondencydistressdolefulnessdownheartednessforlornnessgriefheartsoreill-beinginfelicity
Also see
bluenessbluescrestfallennessdejectiondepressiondespondencydolefulnessdownheartednessdrearinessforlornnessgriefheartsoremelancholiamelancholymiserymishappinessmournprosternationremorserueruthsadnesssorrowsorrowfulnesstristfulnessundelightunhappinesswoewoefarewretchedness

Origin

  1. Middle Englishdreryhed
  2. Englishdrearihead

From Middle English dreryhed; equivalent to dreary + -head (“hood”).

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APA

drearihead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drearihead

MLA

“drearihead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drearihead. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drearihead,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drearihead.

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