English

Alternative spellings
dree, dreigh

Adjective
en-adj

1. Scottish bleak, miserable, dismal, cheerless, dreary

Quotations
2004, but driving home at this dreich hour and at the end of a difficult shift, she found the ectoplasmic fog unnerving — Susan Hill, The Various Haunts of Men (2004) page 4.
2002, Glasgow's ambassadors receive a dreich welcome in Havana — title of article in The Scotsman, 14 Nov 2002

Scots

Adjective
sco-adj

1. bleak, miserable, dismal, cheerless, dreary

sv:dreich

• 2006-12-18 09:35 - Williamsayers79 - Scots

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