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drab

UK
/dræb/
US
/dræb/

Translations

drabnoun
drabs
pl
UK
/dræb/
US
/dræb/
The drab of the office environment made her feel uninspired.
Монотонность офисной среды заставляла её чувствовать себя не вдохновлённой.
The drab of the winter landscape was depressing.
Серость зимнего пейзажа была угнетающей.
Additional translations
однообразие
скука
тусклость
Synonyms
dullness
monotony
tedium
lack of brightness
colorlessness
drabadjective
drabber
Comp.
drabbest
Super.
UK
/dræb/
US
/dræb/
The room was painted in a drab color.
Комната была покрашена в тусклый цвет.
The lecture was so drab that I almost fell asleep.
Лекция была такой скучной, что я почти заснул.
The weather was drab and uninspiring.
Погода была серой и не вдохновляющей.
Synonyms
dull
dreary
lackluster
colorless
uninteresting
monotonous
insipid
bleak
Antonyms
bright
colorful
vibrant
drabverb
drabbed
Past Simple
drabbed
Past Participle
drabbing
Gerund
UK
/dræb/
US
/dræb/
Archaic/rare verb senses are attested; include for completeness.
Synonyms
dull
deaden
dim
gray
mar
sully
blunt
pall
prostitute
sell oneself
solicit

Definitions

drabnoun
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.
drabadjective
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.
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