n.[U]

1. 陰鬱；沮喪；淒涼
   The world would have new dreariness for her without her loved ones.

   如果沒有她所愛的人這個世界就會有新的淒涼。

2. 單調，枯燥
   The shades of evening had come to increase the dreariness of the place.

   暮色更增添了這個地方的單調。