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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary'text' aria-label='sense 2a'> : of a light olive brown color : of the color drab (see drab entry 2 sense 1a)
: of the dull brown color of drab (see drab entry 2 sense 2)
EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionarynoun (1)
Definition (Entry 2 of 5)
- : a light olive brown: a dull, lifeless, or faded appearance or quality
- textiles : any of various cloths of a dull brown or gray color //dressed in drabs
noun (2)
Definition (Entry 3 of 5)
- : a small amount —usually used in the phrase dribs and drabs //receiving donations in dribs and drabs
noun (3)
plural drabs
Definition (Entry 4 of 5)
- disapproving : slattern entry 1 sense 1
- disapproving : a woman who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay : a woman who is a sex worker
verb
drabbed; drabbing; drabs
Definition (Entry 5 of 5)
- intransitive verb
- : to associate with sex workers //A waster, an idler; drinking and drabbing … — Aldous Huxley
Other Words
Adjective
- drably adverb
- drabness noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Adjective
arid boring colorless dreary drudging dry dull dusty flat heavy ho-hum humdrum jading jejune leaden mind-numbing monochromatic monotonous numbing old pedestrian ponderous slow stale stodgy stuffy stupid tame tedious tiresome tiring uninteresting wearisome weary wearyingSynonyms: Noun (3)
bawd [old-fashioned] call girl cocotte courtesan hooker [informal + disapproving] hustler prostitute sex worker streetwalker tart [informal + disapproving]Antonyms: Adjective
absorbing engaging engrossing gripping interesting intriguing involving rivetingExamples
Adjective
- //He lives a drab life.
- //the new city hall promises to be another drab pile of masonry for the town
Noun (3)
- //in its time, this waterfront dive was decried as a den of iniquity, unfit even for the drunks and drabs who haunted it
History and Etymology
Noun (1) and Adjective
Middle French drap cloth, from Late Latin drappusNoun (2)
probably alteration of dribNoun (3)
origin unknownVerb
noun derivative of drab entry 4drab
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 1 of 2)
- causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest //the new city hall promises to be another drab pile of masonry for the townSynonymsRelated Wordsblank earthbound gray (also grey) inanimate pallid pedantic sterile suspenseless undramatic uneventful unexciting unimaginative uninspiring unnewsworthy unrewarding unsensational unspectacularcommon commonplace ordinary tepid : of a light olive brown color : of the color drab (see drab entry 2 sense 1a): of the dull brown color of drab (see drab entry 2 sense 2)
noun (1)
Definition (Entry 2 of 5)
- : a light olive brown: a dull, lifeless, or faded appearance or quality
- textiles : any of various cloths of a dull brown or gray color //dressed in drabs
noun (2)
Definition (Entry 3 of 5)
- : a small amount —usually used in the phrase dribs and drabs //receiving donations in dribs and drabs
noun (3)
plural drabs
Definition (Entry 4 of 5)
- disapproving : slattern entry 1 sense 1
- disapproving : a woman who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay : a woman who is a sex worker
verb
drabbed; drabbing; drabs
Definition (Entry 5 of 5)
- intransitive verb
- : to associate with sex workers //A waster, an idler; drinking and drabbing … — Aldous Huxley
Other Words
Adjective
- drably adverb
- drabness noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Adjective
arid boring colorless dreary drudging dry dull dusty flat heavy ho-hum humdrum jading jejune leaden mind-numbing monochromatic monotonous numbing old pedestrian ponderous slow stale stodgy stuffy stupid tame tedious tiresome tiring uninteresting wearisome weary wearyingSynonyms: Noun (3)
bawd [old-fashioned] call girl cocotte courtesan hooker [informal + disapproving] hustler prostitute sex worker streetwalker tart [informal + disapproving]Antonyms: Adjective
absorbing engaging engrossing gripping interesting intriguing involving rivetingExamples
Adjective
- //He lives a drab life.
- //the new city hall promises to be another drab pile of masonry for the town
Noun (3)
- //in its time, this waterfront dive was decried as a den of iniquity, unfit even for the drunks and drabs who haunted it
History and Etymology
Noun (1) and Adjective
Middle French drap cloth, from Late Latin drappusNoun (2)
probably alteration of dribNoun (3)
origin unknownVerb
noun derivative of drab entry 4drab
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 1 of 2)
- causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest //the new city hall promises to be another drab pile of masonry for the townSynonymsRelated Wordsblank earthbound gray (also grey) inanimate pallid pedantic sterile suspenseless undramatic uneventful unexciting unimaginative uninspiring unnewsworthy unrewarding unsensational unspectacularcommon commonplace ordinary tepid : of a light olive brown color : of the color drab (see drab entry 2 sense 1a): of the dull brown color of drab (see drab entry 2 sense 2)
noun (1)
Definition (Entry 2 of 5)
- : a light olive brown: a dull, lifeless, or faded appearance or quality
- textiles : any of various cloths of a dull brown or gray color //dressed in drabs
noun (2)
Definition (Entry 3 of 5)
- : a small amount —usually used in the phrase dribs and drabs //receiving donations in dribs and drabs
noun (3)
plural drabs
Definition (Entry 4 of 5)
- disapproving : slattern entry 1 sense 1
- disapproving : a woman who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay : a woman who is a sex worker
verb
drabbed; drabbing; drabs
Definition (Entry 5 of 5)
- intransitive verb
- : to associate with sex workers //A waster, an idler; drinking and drabbing … — Aldous Huxley
Other Words
Adjective
- drably adverb
- drabness noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Adjective
arid boring colorless dreary drudging dry dull dusty flat heavy ho-hum humdrum jading jejune leaden mind-numbing monochromatic monotonous numbing old pedestrian ponderous slow stale stodgy stuffy stupid tame tedious tiresome tiring uninteresting wearisome weary wearyingSynonyms: Noun (3)
bawd [old-fashioned] call girl cocotte courtesan hooker [informal + disapproving] hustler prostitute sex worker streetwalker tart [informal + disapproving]Antonyms: Adjective
absorbing engaging engrossing gripping interesting intriguing involving rivetingExamples
Adjective
- //He lives a drab life.
- //the new city hall promises to be another drab pile of masonry for the town
Noun (3)
- //in its time, this waterfront dive was decried as a den of iniquity, unfit even for the drunks and drabs who haunted it
History and Etymology
Noun (1) and Adjective
Middle French drap cloth, from Late Latin drappusNoun (2)
probably alteration of dribNoun (3)
origin unknownVerb
noun derivative of drab entry 4drab
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 1 of 2)
- causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest //the new city hall promises to be another drab pile of masonry for the townSynonymsRelated Wordsblank earthbound gray (also grey) inanimate pallid pedantic sterile suspenseless undramatic uneventful unexciting unimaginative uninspiring unnewsworthy unrewarding unsensational unspectacularcommon commonplace ordinary tepid : of a light olive brown color : of the color drab (see drab entry 2 sense 1a): of the dull brown color of drab (see drab entry 2 sense 2)
noun (1)
Definition (Entry 2 of 5)
- : a light olive brown: a dull, lifeless, or faded appearance or quality
- textiles : any of various cloths of a dull brown or gray color //dressed in drabs
noun (2)
Definition (Entry 3 of 5)
- : a small amount —usually used in the phrase dribs and drabs //receiving donations in dribs and drabs
noun (3)
plural drabs
Definition (Entry 4 of 5)
- disapproving : slattern entry 1 sense 1
- disapproving : a woman who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay : a woman who is a sex worker
verb
drabbed; drabbing; drabs
Definition (Entry 5 of 5)
- intransitive verb
- : to associate with sex workers //A waster, an idler; drinking and drabbing … — Aldous Huxley
Other Words
Adjective
- drably adverb
- drabness noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Adjective
arid boring colorless dreary drudging dry dull dusty flat heavy ho-hum humdrum jading jejune leaden mind-numbing monochromatic monotonous numbing old pedestrian ponderous slow stale stodgy stuffy stupid tame tedious tiresome tiring uninteresting wearisome weary wearyingSynonyms: Noun (3)
bawd [old-fashioned] call girl cocotte courtesan hooker [informal + disapproving] hustler prostitute sex worker streetwalker tart [informal + disapproving]Antonyms: Adjective
absorbing engaging engrossing gripping interesting intriguing involving rivetingExamples
Adjective
- //He lives a drab life.
- //the new city hall promises to be another drab pile of masonry for the town
Noun (3)
- //in its time, this waterfront dive was decried as a den of iniquity, unfit even for the drunks and drabs who haunted it
History and Etymology
Noun (1) and Adjective
Middle French drap cloth, from Late Latin drappusNoun (2)
probably alteration of dribNoun (3)
origin unknownVerb
noun derivative of drab entry 4drab
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 1 of 2)
- causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest //the new city hall promises to be another drab pile of masonry for the townSynonyms