Synonyms for drab
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Dull
dull, dingy, dreary, boring, grey UK, gray US, humdrum, gloomy, dark, cheerless, dismal, beige, lifeless, lackluster US, lack-lustre UK, lacklustre UK, prosaic, blue, colorless US, colourless UK, faded, disconsolate, wan, sorry, dun, drear
Noun
1. Grim — A promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute
loose woman, chippy US, street walker, jade, hooker US, tart UK, floozy, prostitute, nymphomaniac, hussy, hustler, fille de joie, courtesan, trull, trollop, tramp, cocotte, grim slang, whore vulgar, slut vulgar, broad dated, wanton dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of the color of some types of drabcloth: dull brownish yellow or dun.
- adj. 2
Particularly of color: dull, uninteresting.
- n. 1
A promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute.
Related words
- Word family
- drabness
- Phrases
- olive drab
Forms
- Plural
- drabs → chippies, jades, hookers, tarts…
Example sentences
- grey My friend disappeared like a grey mule in the fog.
- boring The show was so boring that Ann and I fell asleep.
- dreary I've got to go to another dreary meeting tomorrow.
- dingy Lacking proper lighting, Tammy's room was depressingly dingy.
By length
- 3 letters
- wan1, dun1
- 4 letters
- blue1, dark1, grey1, gray1, dull1, jade1, slut1, grim1, tart1
- 5 letters
- sorry2, broad1, sober2, whore1, faded2, beige1, tramp1, dingy2, hussy2, trull1, drear
- 6 letters
- boring2, hooker2, gloomy2, dismal2, dreary2, somber2, wanton2, sombre, chippy2, floozy
- 7 letters
- hustler3, prosaic3, humdrum2, trollop, cocotte
- 8 letters
- lifeless2
- 9 letters
- colorless3, courtesan, cheerless, drabcloth
- 10 letters
- prostitute3, lackluster3, lacklustre, colourless
- 12 letters
- nymphomaniac5, disconsolate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sorry2 = 2 syllables).