drabness
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈdræbnəs/
:
monotonía
- After cleaning the clutter, the drabness of the office was transformed into a bright and inviting space.
- drabness of life
Examples
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Too many calculations, plus the computer had to show the Grand Canyon, and the real house lay exposed in all its drabness.
Fiction book (1996) -
The General left the radio on and the lights as well, as if he wanted to be sure I saw the drabness of the room clearly, right down to the water stain on the ceiling.
Fiction book (1997) -
Now she could look at the people on TV, at their wild happiness, and say, "Nobody likes drabness!"
Fiction book (1995) -
Eventually, Richard begins to sober up, and as he does, an infinite drabness was dawning on him.
Fiction book (1996) -
Never before reading The Victim had I realized how poignant a sense of tragedy can be achieved by the sheer focusing on the drabness of everyday life?
Academic text (1997) -
The foil is drabness and trivial matters that drain and wither the itinerant wayfarer.
Blog text (5) -
The place was bathed in a typically drab and corporate Japanese fluorescence, but drabness be damned, I distinctly recall the delight felt from picking up books at random.
Blog text (13) -
The autostrada in the Po Valley seemed interchangeable with the New Jersey Turnpike west of New York City, and as we searched for accommodations, we grew more and more depressed by the drabness of the landscape.
Academic text (2010) -
Yet, gone is the drabness of the slums; the movie house engulfs them, transporting these couples to a sinister social club, a fantasy universe to lie there snickering and coiled in.
Fiction book (2001) -
The painting's vibrant colors contrasted sharply with the drabness of the surrounding walls.
Synonyms
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3.8
A state that makes you lose interest
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4.1
A pleasant, polite style that feels too safe or insincere
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4.9
A lack of taste and energy in food or writing
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6.2
A dull, gloomy feeling that makes things seem not interesting
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9.3
A lack of energy and interest in speech or writing
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2.2
A surface that is not bright or shiny
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7.4
A plain look that is not attractive
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6.3
A very plain and empty appearance with little or no decoration
A feeling that something is dull and boring
The quality of being ordinary and not exciting
Not having an attractive appearance
A style of dressing that looks plain and old-fashioned
A lack of shine that makes something look dull
A loss of color that makes things look less bright
A pale look showing little normal color in the skin
A pale, weak look that lacks strong color or energy
A very plain, simple style with no decoration or luxury
Antonyms
How Dull
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Drabness comes from an old word drap that meant 'cloth', a plain brown cloth people used long ago. Because that cloth looked plain and colorless, drab came to mean 'dull', so drabness is the quality of being 'dull' or without style. You can see the same root in drape, which also comes from the idea of 'cloth'.