drabness

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 from Dutch drab, dregs.]

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drab ³  (drb)

n.

A negligible amount: finished the work in dribs and drabs.

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[Probably alteration of drib.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

drabness - having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance dowdiness, homeliness inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good taste

Translations

drabness [ˈdræbnɪs] N [of life] → monotonía f; [of clothes, colours] → lo soso

drabness [ˈdræbnɪs] n [life] → monotonie f; [place] → grisaille f

drabness

n → Tristheit f; (of life, activities) → Eintönigkeit f

drabness [ˈdræbnɪs] n (of colour) → cupezza; (of clothes) → aspetto triste; (of life) → grigiore m