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draw : drag, pull, tug1 verb tugged, tugging [intransitive, transitive]
also tug at to pull with one or more short, quick pulls: She kept tugging insistently at Alan's sleeve., attract
dread : fear, awe


dreary also drear poetical adjective
not interesting or cheerful: the same old dreary routine | a dreary winter's day : gloomy, dismal


drive : impel, compel, force
dubious : doubtful
dull : boring, tedious, uninteresting, blunt1 adjective

1 not sharp or pointed: All I could find was a blunt pencil.

Opposite sharp1 (1), sharp1 (11)

2 speaking in an honest way even if this upsets people: Jan was straightforward and blunt as always.

also bluntly

bluntness noun [uncountable]

dumb : mute, speechless
durable* : lasting, enduring, constant, permanent
dusky adjective
dark or not very bright in colour: The room was filled with dusky shadows. | dusky pink/orange/blue etc: a dusky pink room