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drab definition
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Grep of noun drab draba draba verna drabness olive drab Overview of adj drab The adj drab has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) drab, dreary -- (lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner parties") 2. (1) drab, sober, somber, sombre -- (lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan gray"; "children in somber brown clothes") 3. dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry -- (depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams) Antonyms of adj drab 3 senses of drab Sense 1 drab, dreary INDIRECT (VIA dull) -> lively Sense 2 drab, sober, somber, sombre INDIRECT (VIA colorless) -> colorful, colourful Sense 3 dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry INDIRECT (VIA cheerless) -> cheerful Similarity of adj drab 3 senses of drab Sense 1 drab, dreary => dull (vs. lively) Sense 2 drab, sober, somber, sombre => colorless (vs. colorful), colourless Sense 3 dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry => cheerless (vs. cheerful), uncheerful Attributes of adj drab Familiarity of adj drab drab used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj drab drab olive-drab Overview of adj drab The adj drab has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) drab, dreary -- (lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner parties") 2. (1) drab, sober, somber, sombre -- (lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan gray"; "children in somber brown clothes") 3. dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry -- (depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams)
drab definition
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