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   drab

   /drab/

   adjective

   • 1. lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull: "the landscape was drab and grey" Similar colourlessgreygreyishdulldull-colouredwashed outneutralpalemutedlacklustrelustrelessmuddywaterylightish brownbrownishbrownish-greymousydun-coloureddingydrearydismalcheerlessgloomysombredepressinguninterestingdullboringtediousmonotonousdrydrearywearisomeunexcitingblandnon-stimulatingunimaginativeuninspiringuninspiredinsipidlustrelesslacklustrevapidflatstaletritevacuousfeeblepallidwishy-washycolourlesslimplametiredlifelesszestlessspiritlesssterileanaemicbarrentamebloodlessantisepticmiddle-of-the-roadrun-of-the-millcommonplacemediocrenondescriptcharacterlessmundaneunexceptionalunremarkablehumdrumprosaicOpposite brightcheerfulinteresting
   • 2. of a dull light brown colour: "drab camouflage uniforms"

   noun

   • 1. fabric of a dull light brown colour.
   • ▪ clothes, especially trousers, made of drab: "a young man dressed in drabs"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (as a noun denoting undyed cloth): probably from Old French drap ‘cloth’ (see drape).

   Derivatives

   • 1. drably adverb
   • 2. drabness noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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