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drab

adjective noun

causing dejection

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
D
Ends with
B
Contains
RA
Scrabble score
7
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. causing dejection

    “a blue day”

adjective

  1. of a light brownish green color

adjective

  1. lacking brightness or color; dull

    “drab faded curtains”

adjective

  1. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

    “her drab personality”

noun

  1. a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown

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Example Sentences

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
drab faded curtains
sober Puritan grey
children in somber brown clothes
her drab personality
life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas
a series of dreary dinner parties

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