-rēnə̇s, -rin- noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English drerinesse, from Old English drēorignys, from drēorig sad, bloody + -nys, -nes -ness
1. archaic : sadness
2.
a. : the quality or state of being dull and uninteresting : monotony , gloominess
the occasional dreariness of being dutiful — Claudia Cassidy
b. : something that is dull, monotonous, and uninteresting
the concert was one of those fragmentary drearinesses that people endure because they are fashionable — Mark Twain