Definitions for drabdræb
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
drabdræb(adj.; n.)drab•ber, drab•best
(adj.)lacking in brightness, spirit, etc.; dull.
of the color drab.
(n.)a brownish gray.
fabric of this color, esp. of thick wool or cotton.
Category: Textiles
Origin of drab:
1535–45; < MF drap < LL drappus piece of cloth
drab′ness(n.)
drabdræb(n.; v.)drabbed, drab•bing.
(n.)a slatternly woman.
a prostitute.
(v.i.)to associate with drabs.
Origin of drab:
1505–15
Princeton's WordNet
olive drab, drab(adj)
a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
drab, dreary(adj)
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"
drab, sober, somber, sombre(adj)
lacking brightness or color; dull
"drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes"
olive-drab, drab(adj)
of a light brownish green color
blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary(adj)
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"
Webster Dictionary
Drab(noun)
a low, sluttish woman
Drab(noun)
a lewd wench; a strumpet
Drab(noun)
a wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans
Drab(verb)
to associate with strumpets; to wench
Drab(noun)
a kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth
Drab(noun)
a dull brownish yellow or dull gray color
Drab(adj)
of a color between gray and brown
Drab(noun)
a drab color
Translations for drab
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- eentonigAfrikaans

- دراب: قماش رمادي مُسَمَّر، رتيب، خامِلArabic

- сивBulgarian

- insípidoPortuguese (BR)

- bezvýrazný, šedivýCzech

- eintönigGerman

- trist; kedeligDanish

- μουντός, άχαρος (συν. για χρώμα)Greek

- apagado, soso, sin gracia, grisSpanish

- üksluineEstonian

- بی روح؛ خسته کنندهFarsi

- tympeäFinnish

- terneFrench

- מְשָעֲמֵםHebrew

- फूहड़ औरत, वेश्याHindi

- sivosmeđa bojaCroatian

- szürkeHungarian

- tidak ceriaIndonesian

- tilbreytingarlaus, litlaus, drungalegurIcelandic

- monotono; incolore, smortoItalian

- さえないJapanese

- 충충한Korean

- pilkas, neįdomusLithuanian

- vienmuļš; neizteiksmīgs; neinteresantsLatvian

- kusamMalay

- saaiDutch

- trist, grå, kjedelig, monotonNorwegian

- bezbarwny, nijakiPolish

- بی روح؛ خسته کنندهPersian

- ستړى كوونكىPashto

- desbotadoPortuguese

- cenuşiu, ternRomanian

- серыйRussian

- bezvýrazný, sivýSlovak

- pust (barva)Slovenian

- jednoličanSerbian

- trist, enformig, gråSwedish

- สีจืดชืดThai

- yavan, sıkıcı, kasvetliTurkish

- 單調乏味的,無光彩的(尤指顏色)Chinese (Trad.)

- нудний, одноманітнийUkrainian

- بے کیفUrdu

- xám xịtVietnamese

- 单调乏味的,无生气的Chinese (Simp.)

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