Definition of Drab

1. Adjective. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise. "A series of dreary dinner parties"

Exact synonyms: Dreary
Similar to: Dull
Derivative terms: Drabness, Dreariness

2. Noun. A dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown.
Exact synonyms: Olive Drab
Generic synonyms: Olive

3. Adjective. Lacking brightness or color; dull. "Children in somber brown clothes"
Exact synonyms: Sober, Somber, Sombre
Similar to: Colorless, Colourless
Derivative terms: Somberness, Sombreness

4. Adjective. Of a light brownish green color.
Exact synonyms: Olive-drab
Similar to: Chromatic

5. Adjective. Causing dejection. "Grim rainy weather"
Exact synonyms: Blue, Dark, Dingy, Disconsolate, Dismal, Drear, Dreary, Gloomy, Grim, Sorry
Similar to: Cheerless, Depressing, Uncheerful
Derivative terms: Dreariness

Definition of Drab

1. n. A low, sluttish woman.

2. v. i. To associate with strumpets; to wench.

3. n. A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth.

4. a. Of a color between gray and brown.

Definition of Drab

1. Noun. A fabric, usually of thick wool or cotton, having a drab blee. ¹

2. Noun. A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans. ¹

3. Adjective. Dull, uninteresting, particularly of colour. ¹

4. Noun. (dated) A dirty or untidy woman; a slattern. ¹

5. Noun. (dated) A promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute. ¹

6. Verb. (obsolete) To consort with prostitutes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Drab

1. cheerless [adj DRABBER, DRABBEST] / to consort with prostitutes [v DRABBED, DRABBING, DRABS] - See also: cheerless

Medical Definition of Drab

1. 1. A low, sluttish woman. 2. A lewd wench; a strumpet. 3. A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans. Origin: AS. Drabbe dregs, lees; akin to D. Drab, drabbe, dregs, G. Treber; for sense 1, cf. Also Gael. Drabag a slattern, drabach slovenly. Cf. Draff. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drab

dozes
dozier
doziest
dozily
doziness
dozinesses
dozing
dozings
dozy
dozyite
dozzled
dpc4
dpt immunization
dr
draatsi
draba
drabbed
drabber
drabbers
drabbest
drabbet
drabbets
drabbier
drabbiest
drabbing
drabbish
drabble
drabbled
drabbler

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