drab
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5.3
- noun
- /dræb/
:
verde oliva
- Charles wore university drab, a green turtleneck, and dark gray pants.
Examples
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And so I have the olive drabs, the camels, a deep, cool tone sepia, not a chocolate brown, but it's really got those cool undertones in there.
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Her dress was a drab shade that blended in with the dull surroundings.
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It's bright pink outshines all the green of summer and all the drab of winter.
Blog text (34) -
After the next corner, the school appeared, its dingy institutional brick drab but unsoftened by time.
Fiction book (1994) -
It's a Norman Rockwell scene at a train depot, with an army-issue olive drab duffel bag slung over his shoulder.
Fiction book (2001) -
Arnold could see figures—many of them clad in olive drab—moving up and down the streets between the homes.
Fiction book (1997) -
The walls of the old building were covered in a drab, faded paint.
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In the winter, the landscape looked drab, with bare trees and gray skies.
Synonyms
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1.3
A light brown colour with a little grey or yellow
1
2.0
A brown color mixed with gray
1
2.7
A gray color with a little brown in it
1
6.8
Of a dull brown-grey color
1
3.5
A natural soft color like brown or green that looks like soil
1
5.1
A dull green-brown color often used for military clothes and gear
1
6.3
A light brownish-green color that you see on military uniforms
A light dull brown that looks slightly gray
A grey color with a little brown in it
A dull brown and gray color like dry earth
A brown color with a small touch of green like olives
A color between brown and yellow
Antonyms
Compounds
How Dull
Surface Forms
Etymology
Drab as a noun names that dull colour, taken from the plain cloth drap, so you can think of the colour of worn fabric. That's why a carpet or uniform called drab has a grey-brown or light olive tone.