drabber Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
   dreary; drab.
   
   • her drab personality
   • life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas
   • a series of dreary dinner parties
2. adjective satellite lacking brightness or color; dull
   sober; somber; sombre; drab.
   
   • drab faded curtains
   • sober Puritan grey
   • children in somber brown clothes
3. adjective satellite of a light brownish green color
   drab; olive-drab.
   
4. adjective satellite causing dejection
   blue; dingy; drear; disconsolate; dreary; dark; gloomy; dismal; drab; sorry; grim.
   
   • 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

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