drear (
http://definr.com/drear)
adj : depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy
streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles
Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town";
"gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the
heels of death"- B.A.Williams [syn:
dingy,
dismal,
drab,
dreary,
gloomy,
sorry]