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Definitions for Drab

[1] dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
[2] having the color drab.
[3] dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
[4] any of several fabrics of this color, especially of thick wool or cotton.
[5] a dirty, untidy woman; slattern.
[6] a prostitute.
[7] to associate with drabs.
[8] dull; dingy; shabby
[9] cheerless; dreary a drab evening
[10] of the colour drab
[11] a light olive-brown colour
[12] a fabric of a dull grey or brown colour
[13] a slatternly woman
[14] a whore
[15] (intr) to consort with prostitutes

Words related to Drab

gray, desolate, run-down, shabby, lackluster, muddy, somber, dreary, dingy, dismal, bleak, dry, brown, flat, boring, same, blah, zero, arid, cheerless

Words nearby Drab

dr. jekyll and mr. hyde, the strange case of, dr. strangelove, dr. t., dr. zhivago, draa, drab, drabbet, drabble, dracaena, drachm, drachma

Origin of Drab

21505–15; perhaps akin to Dutch drab dregs, lees, obsolete Dutch drablen to run or tramp about; cf. drabble, draff

Other words from Drab

drab·ly , adverb
drab·ness , noun

Word origin for Drab

C16: of Celtic origin; compare Scottish Gaelic drabag

Synonyms for Drab

bleak, desolate, dingy, dismal, dreary, gray, lackluster, muddy, run-down, shabby, somber, blah, boring, brown, dry, flat, same, zero, arid, characterless, cheerless, dull as dishwater, faded, gloomy, grungy, lusterless, murky, subfuse, unchanging, uninspired, vapid