The Clue
Like a cloudy day (6 letter answer)
The Answer
DREARY
Tags
Notes
The answer DREARY is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1300 puzzles.
Related Clues
Depressing
Dismal
Drab
Gray
Lackluster
Overcast
Not bright
Fifth word of "The Raven"
Like rainy weather, say
Like Poe's "midnight"
Definition
DREARY as an adjective:
1. (blue, dark, depressing, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary) = causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
2. (drab, dreary) = lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner parties"