Drab

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  • noun. A negligible amount.
  • noun. A slovenly woman; a slattern.
  • noun. A woman prostitute.
  • intransitive verb. To consort with prostitutes.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of a dull grayish to yellowish brown.
  • adjective. Of a light olive brown or khaki color.
  • adjective. Faded and dull in appearance.
  • adjective. Dull or commonplace in character; dreary: synonym: dull.
  • noun. A dull grayish to yellowish or light olive brown.
  • noun. Cloth of this color or of an unbleached natural color.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To associate with strumpets.
  • noun. A kind of wooden box used in salt-works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling-pans. Its bottom is shelving or inclining, that the water may drain off.
  • noun. A thick woolen cloth of a yellowish-gray color.
  • noun. A yellowish-gray tint.
  • Of a yellowish-gray color, like the cloth so called.
  • noun. A slut; a slattern.
  • noun. A strumpet; a prostitute.
  • noun. An English collectors' name for a number of noctuid moths of a drab color: as, the clouded drab, Tæniocampa instabilis; the northern drab, T. opima; the lead-colored drab, T. populeti.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of a color between gray and brown.
  • intransitive verb. To associate with strumpets; to wench.
  • noun. A low, sluttish woman.
  • noun. A lewd wench; a strumpet.
  • noun. A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.
  • noun. A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth.
  • noun. A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A fabric, usually of thick wool or cotton, having a drab blee.
  • noun. A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.
  • adjective. Dull, uninteresting, particularly of colour.
  • noun. A dirty or untidy woman; a slattern.
  • noun. A promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute.
  • verb. To consort with prostitutes.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
  • adjective. of a light brownish green color
  • adjective. lacking brightness or color; dull
  • adjective. causing dejection
  • noun. a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
  • Word Usage
    "I was often told to cut my hair, to wear shorter heels, to dress in drab colors."
    Equivalent
    Form
    drabbed  drabbing  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    olive  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ab  Bab  Crab  Crabbe  Fab  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dingy  dreary  dusty  featureless  grey  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bag  bat  bawd  beige  beldam  
    variant
    verb-form
    drabbed  drabbing  drabs