Drab - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|dræb|
Brit.
|dræb|
noun
- a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
adjective
- lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise (syn: dreary)
- causing dejection (syn: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry)
her drab personality
life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas
- lacking brightness or color; dull (syn: sober, somber, sombre)life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas
drab faded curtains
- of a light brownish green color- causing dejection (syn: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry)
Extra examples
He lives a drab life.
...the new city hall promises to be another drab pile of masonry for the town...
The lives of the people are sometimes dull and drab.
Her husband has often been described as a drab dresser.
The red stems of this bush provide a contrast to the drab brown of the winter garden.
During World War I, she dressed as a doughboy in olive drab.
Word forms
adjective
comparative: drabber
superlative: drabbest
comparative: drabber
superlative: drabbest
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