drab

drab ¹  (drb)

adj. drab·ber, drab·best

1.

a. Of a dull grayish to yellowish brown.

b. Of a light olive brown or khaki color.

2. Faded and dull in appearance.

3. Dull or commonplace in character; dreary: a drab personality. See Synonyms at dull.

n.

1. A dull grayish to yellowish or light olive brown.

2. Cloth of this color or of an unbleached natural color.

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[Alteration of obsolete French drap, cloth, from Old French; see drape.]

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drably adv.

drabness n.

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drab ²  (drb)

n.

1. A slattern.

2. A woman prostitute.

intr.v. drabbed, drab·bing, drabs

To consort with prostitutes: "Even amid his drabbing, he himself retained some virginal airs" Stanislaus Joyce.

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[Possibly of Celtic origin; akin to Scottish Gaelic dràbag and Irish Gaelic drabóg, slattern, or Dutch drab, dregs.]

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drab

Adjective

[drabber, drabbest]

1. dull and dreary

2. light olive-brown [Old French drap cloth]

drabness n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	drab - a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown olive drab olive - a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation
Adj.	1.	drab - lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner parties" dreary dull - lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods"
	2.	drab - lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes" somber, sombre, sober colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful
	3.	drab - of a light brownish green color olive-drab chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
	4.	drab - causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" dismal, drear, dreary, disconsolate, dingy, gloomy, sorry, grim, blue, dark cheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"

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drab

adjective dull, grey, gloomy, dismal, dreary, shabby, sombre, lacklustre, flat, dingy, colourless, uninspired, vapid, cheerless << OPPOSITE bright

Translations

drab [dræb] adj → gris, monótono

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drab [dræb] adj → terne, morne

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drab [dræb] adj → trist

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drab [dræb] adj → tetro/a, grigio/a