Synonyms for Drab | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "drab" (199 found)

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Closest matches (40)

Noun(4 words)

arid bag baggage bat bawd beige beldam biddy bitch bleak boring broad brown brownish brownish-yellow brunetcall girlcheerless chippy chocolate

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cinnamon cocoa cocoa-brown coffee coffee-brown color colorless

Adjective(9 words)

ashen bland blandestbloodless revolutionbluecolorless liquidcolorless materialcolorless soilcolorless substance

Strong matches (60)

Adjective(22 words)

colourless dark dingier dingy disconsolate dismal dowdiest drabbest drear dreariest drearydull impressiondull presentationdullest dunnest exanimatefeatureless slideshowflat plain terrainfrumpish gloomy

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grayest grim

crone cruiser dead deadened desolate dingy dismal dispiriting dowdy dreary dull dun dun-brown dun-drab ecru faded fawn fawn-coloredfille de joieflat

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floozy frump fuscous gray grege grey hag harlot

Noun(9 words)

deadnessdirt coloreddishwater dreary dulldull colordullard dunnearth tone

Verb(1 words)

etiolated

Related words (99)

harridan hazel hooker humdrum hussy hustler jade jezebel khaki lackluster lacklustre lifelessloose womanlurid lusterless mat minx monotonous mousy muddy

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Adjective(14 words)

inanimate environmentinanimate landscapemonotone deliveryolive-drab pallid sober somber sombre sorrystagnant culturestagnant settingsullenunamusing itemwanest

Noun(8 words)

monotonenondescript designnonentityolive drabpale prostitute tedious uninteresting

Related word relations

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More general

9 entries

colorcolor termdescriptive adjectiveoliveperceptual propertypersonqualitative attributeshadevisual descriptor

More specific

10 entries

boredrab browndrab shadedrab tintdreary daygray drabhumdrum routinemonotony nonentityolive drab

Collocations

8 entries

drab appearancedrab atmospheredrab clothingdrab colordrab environmentdrab landscapedrab palettedrab room

Inflections

3 entries

drabber drabbest drabs

Derivations

4 entries

drabber drabbest drably drabness

similar

7 entries

cheerless chromatic colorless colourless depressing dull uncheerful

Translations

3 translations across 2 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries

повлекана noun (dirty or untidy woman — see also slattern)

Finnish

2 entries

lunttu noun (dirty or untidy woman — see also slattern)
lutka noun (dirty or untidy woman — see also slattern)

Sample sentences

56 total sentences available.

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The vicar wore drab clothing.

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The décor is drab.

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At the end of a long drab passage my new acquaintance pushed open a door and turned on an electric switch. A number of lamps shining through tinted shades bathed the whole great room before us in a ruddy radiance.

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This morning, the world is grey and drab.

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