drab meaning and definition

DRAB noun

Definition of drab (noun)

1. a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
   • synonyms: olive drab

DRAB adjective

Definition of drab (adjective)

1. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
   • "her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner parties"
   • synonyms: dreary
2. lacking brightness or color; dull
   • "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes"
   • synonyms: sober, somber, sombre
3. of a light brownish green color
   • synonyms: olive-drab
4. causing dejection
   • "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
   • synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry