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drab
1[ drab ]
adjective
- dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
- having the color drab.
noun
- dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- any of several fabrics of this color, especially of thick wool or cotton.
drab
2[ drab ]
noun
- a dirty, untidy woman; slattern.
- a prostitute.
verb (used without object)
- to associate with drabs.
drab
1/ æ /
adjective
- dull; dingy; shabby
- cheerless; dreary
a drab evening
- of the colour drab
noun
- a light olive-brown colour
- a fabric of a dull grey or brown colour
drab
2/ æ /
noun
- a slatternly woman
- a whore
verb
- intr to consort with prostitutes
Derived Forms
- ˈԱ, noun
- ˈ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- l adverb
- n noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of drab1
Word History and Origins
Origin of drab1
Origin of drab2
Idioms and Phrases
see dribs and drabs .Example Sentences
Every spring, I get the urge to buy something new: a sundress, a pretty blouse or something hopeful after a long, drab winter.
That leaves many species — the “drab” ones, as the study puts it, and the ones with smaller ranges — understudied, if studied at all.
It was fashion week in New York, and the clothes hitting the runways were drab — plainly tailored and neutral, a far cry from Talley’s preference for eye-catching spectacle.
To pay the ridiculous salaries to players, all the commercial partners have to big up every game, and many are drab.
We are covered up in flowers and wild blooms, and apparently, shifting from drab to gorgeous was all I needed to put a skip back in my step.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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