Topic: COLOURS
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Origin: | drab '(dull-colored) cloth' (16-18 centuries), from Old French drap 'cloth' |
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drab
1CC not bright in colour, especially in a way that stops you from feeling cheerful [= dull]: The walls were painted a drab green.
The walls were painted a drab green.2 boring : people forced to live grey, drab existences in ugly towns
people forced to live grey, drab existences in ugly towns —drabness noun [uncountable]
➔ dribs and drabsWORD FOCUS: boring WORD FOCUS: boring similar words: not very interesting, dull, dreary, drab
very boring: tedious, mind-numbing, soul-destroying
➔ See also boring
