Definitions for drab

Definitions for (noun) drab

Main entry: olive drab, drab

Definition: a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown


Definitions for (adj) drab

Main entry: gloomy, grim, sorry, dark, drab, drear, dreary, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, blue

Definition: causing dejection

Usage: 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


Main entry: olive-drab, drab

Definition: of a light brownish green color


Main entry: sober, somber, sombre, drab

Definition: lacking brightness or color; dull

Usage: drab faded curtains; sober Puritan grey; children in somber brown clothes


Main entry: drab, dreary

Definition: lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

Usage: her drab personality; life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas; a series of dreary dinner parties


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