Drabness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic of being drab. countable, uncountable

    "The loneliness and drabness of prison life is destroying me."

  2. 2
    having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance wordnet

Synonyms

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dimnessdowdinessdowdinessdullnessduskgloaming

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"The loneliness and drabness of working away from people are fatal to his best effort."

Etymology

From drab + -ness.

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