(chiefly, Scotland) Dull, dreary; melancholy.
(chiefly, Scotland) Dull, dreary; melancholy.
“Pity the football looks like Iain Dowie though.”
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Written dowlie Edb. Also in forms dauly s.Dur. ; dawley Yks. ; deawldy Lan.^ [dauli, dou'li, Sc. also du'li.] 1. adj. Dull, lonely, solitary ; melancholy, sad, dismal. See Dowl, v}
Dreary, bleak, miserable — usually about weather. Quintessentially Scottish. Pronounced "dreech" with a guttural "ch."
(Scotland) Drear, dreary; dree.
(Scotland) Bleak; melancholy.
(obsolete) sorrow; dole.