drab
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4.2
- adjective
- /dræb/
:
apagado
- His outfit was drab, lacking any bright colors or interesting patterns.
It was a pretty nondescript joint, a rather drab room in a rather drab old hotel.
- It was a pretty nondescript joint, a rather drab room in a rather drab old hotel.
- I'm feeling very drab and we're going to make ourselves fab.
- And he found himself instead, as always, before entering into the landscape of drab hill, drab sky.
- But still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.
- So in the beginning, I was wearing a kind of drab, dull, slightly, you know, uninspired hairpiece.
- Probably probably have to have like more something more drab.
Examples
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That's too drab for a spring day.
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In the pale afternoon light, Cora stands in the middle of her drab, barren room.
Fiction book (1995) -
Her lighting is so drab and flat.
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The stop was a bit of a drab day for most on the cruise.
Academic text (2006) -
But still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.
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It's how she brightens up her drab, empty life.
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Old books are drab and colorless, not bright and shiny like the books here.
Fiction book (1992) -
Enrique steps away from the window and sits on the bed of his drab furnished apartment.
Fiction book (1996) -
It was a pretty nondescript joint, a rather drab room in a rather drab old hotel.
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So, I do salute my stepmother's impressive skills in livening up my father's drab landscape.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
721
1.0
Not interesting and making you feel tired or impatient
297
4.4
Not lively and often weak in taste or sound
182
1.3
Not interesting or lively
44
3.8
A gloomy, boring time that makes you feel sad or tired
31
2.8
A thing that has no strong character and few interesting features
30
6.1
Dull and showing little energy
20
1.4
Not exciting and likely to make people bored
19
3.6
Without energy or interest and making people feel bored
17
7.1
Not having special or interesting features so it does not stand out
16
7.9
Not interesting or lively and often boring
16
2.3
Dark and not well lit so a place feels sad
14
5.3
Something that is boring because it has no variety
9
6.5
Not exciting and having little variety
8
7.9
Ordinary and dull without imagination or excitement
7
3.5
Not interesting or exciting
4
3.9
Not interesting or exciting
4
4.6
Not bright in color or style
4
4.2
Dark and dull in color, not bright
3
3.2
Not interesting or exciting
2
7.4
Not interesting or lively and often boring
1
7.0
Dull and not lively, giving a sad feeling
1
6.3
Not interesting and without energy or life
1
9.9
A dull, cold, and depressing place or scene
1
7.2
Not shiny and showing little energy or life
Not bright in color and not very interesting
Causes people to lose interest because it is dull
Antonyms
Compounds
How Dull
Surface Forms
Etymology
Drab comes from an old word drap meaning 'cloth', often a plain, cheap cloth, and people used it for dull, everyday clothes. That's why drab now means 'dull' or lacking brightness and interest.