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dreary

How many syllables in dreary?

  2 syllables

Divide dreary into syllables:   drear-y
Stressed syllable in dreary:   drear-y
How to pronounce dreary:   dreer-ee
How to say dreary:

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Synonyms for dreary


1 syllable
  • bleak
  • drab
  • flat
  • dour
  • dry
  • gray
2 syllables
  • dowdy
  • stodgy
3 syllables
4 syllables
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    What rhymes with dreary

    1 syllable
    • year
      2 syllables
      • beery
      • cheery
      • eerie
      • kiri
      • leery
      • peri
      • quaere
      • smeary
      • teary
      • weary
      • bleary
      • deary
      • Erie
      • leary
      • Peary
      • pirie
      • query
      • sphery
      • veery
      • wiry
      3 syllables
      • Amiri
      • theory
      4 syllables
        5 syllables
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