drab

(drăb)
adj., drab·ber, drab·best.

1. 1. Of a dull grayish to yellowish brown.
   2. Of a light olive brown or khaki color.
2. Faded and dull in appearance.
3. Dull or commonplace in character; dreary: a drab personality. See synonyms at dull.

n.

1. A dull grayish to yellowish or light olive brown.
2. Cloth of this color or of an unbleached natural color.

[Alteration of obsolete French drap, cloth, from Old French. See drape.]

drably drab'ly adv.
drabness drab'ness n.

drab² (drăb)
n.

1. A slattern.
2. A woman prostitute.

intr.v., drabbed, drab·bing, drabs.
To consort with prostitutes: "Even amid his drabbing, he himself retained some virginal airs" (Stanislaus Joyce).

[Possibly of Celtic origin, akin to Scottish Gaelic dràbag and Irish Gaelic drabóg, slattern, or from Dutch drab, dregs.]

drab³ (drăb)
n.
A negligible amount: finished the work in dribs and drabs.

[Probably alteration of DRIB.]

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adjective

1. Lacking vividness in color: dim, dull, flat, muddy, murky. See colors/colorless.
2. Lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise: arid, aseptic, colorless, dry, dull, earthbound, flat, flavorless, lackluster, lifeless, lusterless, matter-of-fact, pedestrian, prosaic, spiritless, sterile, stodgy, unimaginative, uninspired. See excite/bore/interest.

adj

Definition: dull, colorless
Antonyms: bright, colorful, inspired

IN BRIEF: Not bright.

The motel was as drab as the colorless plains extending into the distance all around it.

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• Ordinary, Dull, Plain, or Banal

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - drapfarvet, gråbrun, kedelig
n. - drap, monotoni, ensformighed

2.
n. - sjuskedorte, tøs, luder
v. intr. - omgås ludere, udøve rufferi

3.
n. - en lille bid, forsvindende lidt

Nederlands (Dutch)
saai

Français (French)
1.
adj. - terne, gris, triste
n. - toile bise

2.
n. - grue (arch, fam)
v. intr. - fréquenter des prostituées

3.
n. - un brin de, un soupçon de

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - langweilig, gleichförmig, öde, eintönig, farblos
n. - Gelbbraun, (fig) Farblosigkeit, Langweiligkeit, Eintönigkeit

2.
n. - Schlampe, Prostituierte, Hure
v. - herumhuren, sich mit Huren abgeben

3.
n. - ein unerheblicher Betrag

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άχαρος, μονότονος, ανιαρός, πληκτικός, ξέθωρος, χακί
n. - μονοτονία, τραχύ μάλλινο ύφασμα, χράμι, (καθομ.) αλανιάρα, τσούλα

Italiano (Italian)
monotono

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pardacento, opaco
n. - cor (f) pardacenta, monotonia (f)

idioms:

• in dribs and drabs    aos poucos

Русский (Russian)
тусклый, унылый

idioms:

• in dribs and drabs    капля за каплей

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - gris, monótono, triste
n. - gris, telas gris monótono

2.
n. - prostituta, mujer desprolija
v. intr. - asociarse con prostitutas

3.
n. - cantidad insignificante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - gråbrun
n. - smutsgul färg

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 黄褐色的, 单调的, 浅褐色的, 无趣的, 褐色布, 黄褐色厚呢, 灰色布, 黄褐色

2. 少量, 少数, 褐色布, 黄褐色厚呢, 灰色布, 黄褐色

3. 邋遢女人, 娼妓

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 少量, 少數
v. intr. - 褐色布, 黃褐色厚呢, 灰色布, 黃褐色

2.
n. - 邋遢女人, 娼妓

3.
adj. - 黃褐色的, 單調的, 淺褐色的, 無趣的
n. - 褐色布, 黃褐色厚呢, 灰色布, 黃褐色

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 단조로운
n. - 단조로움

2.
n. - 창녀
v. intr. - 창녀와 관계하다

3.
n. - 무시할 만한 작은 양

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - くすんだ黄褐色の, 単調な, 冴えない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كئيب, ممل (الاسم) إمرأة قذرة, مومس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮משעמם, חדגוני, עלוב‬
n. - ‮חדגוניות‬
n. - ‮יצאנית, זונה, אישה מרושלת לבוש, חום אטום, אפור אטום, אפור-צהבהב‬
v. intr. - ‮התרועע עם זונות‬
n. - ‮צבע חום אטום, אפור אטום, אפור-צהבהב, מוצרים בצבעים אלה (מצמר וכו')‬

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