drab
drab Lexical Profile
drab Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Lacking brightness, color, or interest; drearily dull and monotonous.
"A few colorful paintings helped brighten up the drab office walls."
Of a dull light-brown, yellowish-brown, or grayish-green color.
"The soldiers wore drab canvas jackets that blended into the dry brush."
• noun
A dull light-brown, yellowish-brown, or olive-gray color, or a heavy woolen or cotton fabric of this shade.
"The surplus tents were made of heavy olive drab."
A slovenly, untidy woman, or (archaic) a prostitute.
"In the historical novel, the tavern keeper shouted insults at the ragged drab standing by the door."
• Rhymes for drab
Word Origin & Etymology
In the sense of a dull color or cloth, the word derives from mid-16th-century French 'drap' (meaning 'cloth'), from Late Latin 'drappus', originally referring to natural, undyed woolen fabric.