English adjective: drab | |||
1. | drab lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise | ||
Samples | Her drab personality. Life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas. A series of dreary dinner parties. | ||
Synonyms | dreary | ||
Similar | dull | ||
Antonyms | lively | ||
2. | drab lacking brightness or color; dull | ||
Samples | Drab faded curtains. Sober Puritan grey. Children in somber brown clothes. | ||
Synonyms | sober, somber, sombre | ||
Similar | colorless, colourless | ||
Antonyms | colorful, colourful | ||
3. | drab of a light brownish green color | ||
Synonyms | olive-drab | ||
Similar | chromatic | ||
Antonyms | achromatic, neutral | ||
4. | drab causing dejection | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry | ||
Similar | cheerless, depressing, uncheerful | ||
Antonyms | cheerful | ||
English noun: drab | |||
1. | drab (attribute) a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown | ||
Synonyms | olive drab | ||
Broader (hypernym) | olive | ||