dreariness

The regions beyond the church were the same as these: a long-stretched-out moor of flat dreariness.

"The beautiful shines through the dreariness, as it does in the real life people live," he objected, stubbornly.

It was strange, amid the dreariness and stagnation of this place, to think of the jubilations at home.

The dreariness and uncertainty of our situation can hardly be imagined.

The warmth and comfort within are intensified by the dreariness without.