All drab synonyms
drab
D d adj drab
- dull β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- gray β of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
- desolate β A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
- run-down β fatigued; weary; exhausted.
- shabby β impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- lackluster β lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- muddy β abounding in or covered with mud.
- somber β gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- dreary β causing sadness or gloom.
- dingy β of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness.
- dismal β causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather.
- bleak β If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve.
- dry β free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- brown β Something that is brown is the colour of earth or of wood.
- flat β horizontally level: a flat roof.
- boring β Someone or something boring is so dull and uninteresting that they make people tired and impatient.
- same β identical with what is about to be or has just been mentioned: This street is the same one we were on yesterday.
- blah β You use blah, blah, blah to refer to something that is said or written without giving the actual words, because you think that they are boring or unimportant.
- zero β the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- arid β Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it.
- cheerless β Cheerless places or weather are dull and depressing.
- faded β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- gloomy β dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
- grungy β ugly, run-down, or dilapidated: a grungy, abandoned mill town.
- murky β dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
- unchanging β to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
- uninspired β not inspired; not creative or spirited: an uninspired performance; an uninspired teacher.
- vapid β lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea.
- characterless β If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
- dull as dishwater β water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- lusterless β the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
noun drab
- saddler β a person who makes, repairs, or sells saddlery.
- creamer β Creamer is a white powder that is used in tea and coffee instead of milk.
- khaki β dull yellowish brown.
- biscuit β A biscuit is a small flat cake that is crisp and usually sweet.
- umber β an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- tan β to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
- suntan β a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- sander β a male given name, form of Alexander.
- brownish β Something that is brownish is slightly brown in colour.
- olive β a female given name.
- sand β George [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dΚΙrdΚ;; French ΚΙrΚ/ (Show IPA), (Lucile Aurore Dupin Dudevant) 1804β76, French novelist.
adjective drab
- uninteresting β engaging or exciting and holding the attention or curiosity: an interesting book.
- unexciting β producing excitement; stirring; thrilling: an exciting account of his trip to Tibet.
- monotonous β lacking in variety; tediously unvarying: the monotonous flat scenery.
- colorless β Something that is colorless has no color at all.
- colourless β Something that is colourless has no colour at all.
- lacklustre β lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- dowdy β not stylish; drab; old-fashioned: Why do you always wear those dowdy old dresses?
- plain β clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.