drab
adjective
[ drab ]
• lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull.
• "the landscape was drab and grey"
Similar:
colourless,
grey,
greyish,
dull,
dull-coloured,
washed out,
neutral,
pale,
muted,
lacklustre,
lustreless,
muddy,
watery,
lightish brown,
brownish,
brownish-grey,
mousy,
dun-coloured,
dingy,
dreary,
dismal,
cheerless,
gloomy,
sombre,
depressing,
uninteresting,
boring,
tedious,
monotonous,
dry,
wearisome,
unexciting,
bland,
non-stimulating,
unimaginative,
uninspiring,
uninspired,
insipid,
vapid,
flat,
stale,
trite,
vacuous,
feeble,
pallid,
wishy-washy,
limp,
lame,
tired,
lifeless,
zestless,
spiritless,
sterile,
anaemic,
barren,
tame,
bloodless,
antiseptic,
middle-of-the-road,
run-of-the-mill,
commonplace,
mediocre,
nondescript,
characterless,
mundane,
unexceptional,
unremarkable,
humdrum,
prosaic,
• of a dull light brown colour.
• "drab camouflage uniforms"
drab
noun
• fabric of a dull light brown colour.
Origin:
mid 16th century (as a noun denoting undyed cloth): probably from Old French drap ‘cloth’ (see drape).
drab
noun
• a slovenly woman.
• a prostitute.
Origin:
early 16th century: perhaps related to Low German drabbe ‘mire’ and Dutch drab ‘dregs’.
