Definitions from Wiktionary (dreich)

▸ adjective:  Extending for a long distance or time, especially when tedious or wearisome; long-drawn-out, protracted; also, of speech or writing: unnecessarily verbose; long-winded.
▸ adjective:  Not enjoyable or interesting; boring, dull.
▸ adjective:  Bleak, cheerless, dismal, dreary, miserable.
▸ adjective:  Slow, sluggish; specifically, of a person: tending to delay or procrastinate (especially when paying for something).
▸ adjective:  Of a person: having a dejected or serious appearance or mood; dour, gloomy, moody, morose, sullen.
▸ adjective:  Of a task: laborious, tedious, troublesome; hence, needing concentration to understand; intricate.
▸ adjective:  Chiefly of rain: without pause or stop; continuous, incessant.
▸ adjective:  Of weather: dreary, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.).
▸ adjective:  (obsolete)
▸ adjective:  Of a person: negotiating forcefully; driving a hard bargain.
▸ adjective:  Of a place (especially a hill or mountain): difficult to get through or reach; inaccessible.
▸ noun:  (countable, Northern England, North Midlands) A tedious or troublesome task; also, the most tedious or troublesome part of a task.
▸ noun:  (uncountable, Scotland) Bleakness, gloom; specifically, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.) weather.



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