drab
21drab — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1515 1. slattern 2. prostitute II. intransitive verb (drabbed; drabbing) Date: 1599 to associate with prostitutes III …
22drab — I. /dræb / (say drab) adjective (drabber, drabbest) 1. having a dull brownish or grey colour. 2. dull; cheerless. –noun 3. dull grey; dull brownish or yellowish grey. {French drap cloth. See drape} –drably, adverb –drabness, noun II. /dræb / ( …
23drab — Synonyms and related words: bag, bat, bawd, beige, beldam, biddy, bleak, boring, brown, brownish, brownish yellow, brunet, cheerless, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa brown, coffee, coffee brown, colorless, crone, cruiser, dead, deadened,… …
24drab — [16] Drab is a variant of the now obsolete form drap, which was borrowed from Old French drap ‘cloth’ (source also of English drape, draper, and trappings). It was originally a noun meaning ‘cloth’ in English too, but the beginnings of its… …
25drab — adjective 1) a drab interior Syn: colorless, gray, dull, washed out, muted, lackluster; dingy, dreary, dismal, cheerless, gloomy, somber Ant: bright, cheerful 2) …
26drab — adjective 1) a drab interior Syn: colourless, grey, dull, washed out, dingy, dreary, dismal, cheerless, gloomy, sombre 2) a drab existence Syn: uninteresting …
27drab — [16] Drab is a variant of the now obsolete form drap, which was borrowed from Old French drap ‘cloth’ (source also of English drape, draper, and trappings). It was originally a noun meaning ‘cloth’ in English too, but the beginnings of its… …
28drab — 1. adj. & n. adj. (drabber, drabbest) 1 dull, uninteresting. 2 of a dull brownish colour. n. 1 drab colour. 2 monotony. Derivatives: drably adv. drabness n. Etymology: prob. f. obs. drap cloth f. OF f. LL drappus, perh. of Celt. orig. 2. see… …
29drab — 1. noun /dɹæb/ a) A fabric, usually of thick wool or cotton, having a drab blee or colour. b) A slut 2. adjective /dɹæb/ Dull, u …
30drab — adj. Drab is used with these nouns: ↑brown …
