Drab Definition & Meaning
drab
- adjective
- 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"
- lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes"
- of a light brownish green color
- causing dejection; "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"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
- noun
- a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
"Drab" in song lyrics
See how drab is used in real songs:
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"Now I done bust the next batch down and my face looking drab"
Slimm Calhoun f/ Big Boi (OutKast) — Dirt Work -
"actually openness results in american conformism-out there in the rest of the world is a drab"
AOL — AOL
Words that rhyme with drab
Usage tips for "drab"
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- What does drab mean?
- 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" lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes" of a light brownish green color causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape
- What part of speech is drab?
- Drab is an adjective and a noun.
- How many definitions does drab have?
- Drab has 5 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).