English dictionary
drab
adjectiveParts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- causing dejection
adjective
- of a light brownish green color
adjective
- lacking brightness or color; dull
adjective
- lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
noun
- a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
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