drabadjective
uk/dræb/us/dræb/drabber, drabbest disapprovingboring, especially in appearance; having little colour and excitement:
She walked through the city centre with its drab, grey buildings and felt depressed.
I feel so drab in this grey uniform.
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Colourless or causing colour to fade
- bleach
- colorless
- colourless
- discolour
- dull
- fade
- faded
- frost
- ghostly
- light
- lighten
- muted
- paleness
- palish
- pastel
- sober
- subdued
- washed out
- weather
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Tedious and uninspiring
drabness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈdræb.nəs/us/ˈdræb.nəs/
It's the unrelieved drabness of big industrial cities that depresses me.