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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

drab [dræb] adj → terne, morne

drab [dræb] adj → trist

drab [dræb] adj → tetro/a, grigio/a

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drab

adj drab [drӕb]

dull and uninteresting, especially in colour drab clothes. eentonig دراب: قماش رمادي مُسَمَّر، رتيب، خامِل сив bezvýrazný, šedivý trist; kedelig eintönig μουντός, άχαρος (συν. για χρώμα) apagado, soso, sin gracia, gris üksluine بی روح؛ خسته کننده ikävä terne מְשָעֲמֵם फूहड़ औरत, वेश्या sivosmeđa boja szürke tidak ceria tilbreytingarlaus, litlaus, drungalegur monotono; incolore, smorto さえない 우중충한, 생기 없는 pilkas, neįdomus vienmuļš; neizteiksmīgs; neinteresants kusam saai trist, grå, kjedelig, monoton bezbarwny, nijaki desbotado cenuşiu, tern серый bezvýrazný, sivý pust (barva) jednoličan trist, enformig, grå สีจืดชืด yavan, sıkıcı, kasvetli 單調，無生氣的 нудний, одноманітний بے کیف xám xịt 单调，无生气的

adv ˈdrably

eentonige بصورة رتيبه او خامِلَه сиво bezvýrazně, jednotvárně trist; kedeligt eintönig μονότονα, μουντά apagadamente üksluiselt بطور ملال آور ikävästi de façon terne בְּשִעָמוּם फूहड़ता से sivo, sivosmeđe szürkén secara membosankan drungalega, á tilbreytingarlausan hátt in modo incolore くすんで 우중충하게 pilkai vienmuļi; neizteiksmīgi; neinteresanti sangat kusam saai trist, grått szaro sem cor mohorât серо jednotvárne pusto jednolično trist, enformigt อย่างไม่มีรสชาติ; อย่างจืดชืด sıkıcı şekilde 單調地 нудно, одноманітно بد سلیقہ انداز میں một cách xám xịt 单调地

n ˈdrabness

eentonigheid رَتابَه мрачност bezvýraznost, jednotvárnost, šeď trøstesløshed die Eintönigkeit μονοτονία, μουντάδα falta de gracia üksluisus بی رنگ و آبی؛ دلگیری ikävyys aspect/caractère terne שִעָמוּם नीरसता sivilo szürkeség keburukan tilbreytingarleysi grigiore, monotonia くすんでいること 우중충함 pilkumas vienmuļīgums; neizteiksmīgums; neinteresantums kekusaman saaiheid ensformighet, monotoni szarość falta de cor monotonie серость sivosť dolgočasnost jednoličnost tristess, enformighet สิ่งที่ไม่มีรสชาติ; หญิงสกปรกโสมม sıkıcılık, kasvet 乏味 одноманітність; сірість غلاظت sự buồn tẻ 乏味