drab
11drab — index ordinary, pedestrian Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
12drab — 1680s, color of natural, undyed cloth, from M.Fr. drap (see DRAPE (Cf. drape)). Figurative sense is c.1880. Apparently not related to earlier word meaning a dirty, untidy woman (1510s), a prostitute (1520s), which seems to be connected with Ir.… …
13drab — [adj] dull, colorless arid, blah*, bleak, boring, brown, characterless, cheerless, desolate, dingy, dismal, dreary, dry, dull as dishwater*, faded, flat, gloomy, gray, grungy, lackluster, lusterless, muddy, murky, run down, same, shabby, somber,… …
14drab — ► ADJECTIVE (drabber, drabbest) ▪ drearily dull. ► NOUN ▪ a dull light brown colour. DERIVATIVES drably adverb drabness noun. ORIGIN probably from Old French drap cloth (see …
15drab´ly — drab1 «drab», adjective, drab|ber, drab|best, noun, verb,drabbed, drab|bing. –adj. 1. lacking brightness or color; not attractive; …
16drab — I [[t]dræb[/t]] adj. drab•ber, drab•best, n. 1) lacking in brightness, spirit, etc.; dull 2) of the color drab 3) a brownish gray 4) tex fabric of this color, esp. of thick wool or cotton • Etymology: 1535–45; < MF drap < LL drappus piece… …
17Drab — Marzenna Stefania Drab (* 20. Februar 1958 in Grudziądz) ist eine polnische Politikerin und seit 2007 Abgeordnete des Sejm in der VI. Wahlperiode. Sie beendete ihr Studium an der Fakultät für Wissenschaften der Mikołaj Kopernik Universität in… …
18drab — drab1 drably, adv. drabness, n. /drab/, adj., drabber, drabbest, n. adj. 1. dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc. 2. having the color drab. n. 3. dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray …
19drab — [[t]dræ̱b[/t]] drabber, drabbest 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something as drab, you think that it is dull and boring to look at or experience. Mary was wearing the same drab grey dress. ...his drab little office... The rest of the day s… …
20drab — UK [dræb] / US adjective Word forms drab : adjective drab comparative drabber superlative drabbest not colourful or interesting his drab brown clothes Their lives seem so drab …
