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drab

/dræb/

Übersetzungen

drabsubstantiv

drabs

Pl.

/dræb/

монотонность

The drab of the office environment made her feel uninspired.

Монотонность офисной среды заставляла её чувствовать себя не вдохновлённой.

серость

The drab of the winter landscape was depressing.

Серость зимнего пейзажа была угнетающей.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

Synonyme

lack of brightness

drabadjektiv

drabber

Komp.

drabbest

Super.

/dræb/

тусклый

The room was painted in a drab color.

Комната была покрашена в тусклый цвет.

скучный

The lecture was so drab that I almost fell asleep.

Лекция была такой скучной, что я почти заснул.

серый

The weather was drab and uninspiring.

Погода была серой и не вдохновляющей.

Synonyme

Antonyme

drabverb

drabbed

Präteritum

drabbed

Partizip Perfekt

drabbing

Gerundium

/dræb/

Archaic/rare verb senses are attested; include for completeness.

Synonyme

sell oneself

Definitionen

drabsubstantiv

A dull, lifeless, or monotonous quality or atmosphere.

He longed to escape the drab of small-town life.

A dull light-brown colour.

The uniform was a nondescript shade of drab.

A plain woven cloth of a dull brownish colour, originally used for military clothing.

Early twentieth-century soldiers often wore coarse drab.

(Archaic, derogatory) A prostitute or slovenly woman.

He was warned to keep away from the drabs that frequented the docks.

drabadjektiv

Lacking brightness or interest; dull, cheerless, or monotonous.

After weeks of rain the city looked drab and lifeless.

Of a dull light-brown or greyish colour.

He wore a drab overcoat that blended into the fog.

drabverb

(Intransitive, archaic) To consort with prostitutes; to engage in debauchery.

He was dismissed from the academy for drinking and drabbing in the town.

(Transitive, rare) To make dull or drab in appearance.

Years of grime had drabbed the once-bright façade.