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# drab

adjective (drab, drabber, drabbest); noun (drab, uncountable — a dull brownish colour, rare)

«drab» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Dull and boring, with no bright colours or interest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drab/#m1)
2. Grey or brownish in colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drab/#m2)
3. (of life or a place) Without fun or excitement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drab/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories, drab clothes, rooms or towns create a sad or boring mood; in science, some female birds are drab so they can hide on the nest; phrases: «drab and grey», «a drab little room», «drab colours».

### Examples

- The classroom looked drab until we put up our paintings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drab/#x1)
- The female duck is drab brown, but the male is bright green. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drab/#x2)
- She wore a drab grey coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drab/#x3)
- The town looked drab in the winter rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drab/#x4)
- Our new wallpaper turned a drab room into a happy one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drab/#x5)
- He wanted to escape his drab, boring life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drab/#x6)
- Drab feathers help birds hide from foxes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drab/#x7)
- She now came to a space of marshy ground in the wood, where large, fat water-snakes were rolling in the mire, and showing their ugly, drab-colored bodies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drab/#x8)

### Note

Comparatives: drabber, drabbest (double b). Opposite: bright, colourful, cheerful. Noun: drabness.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «drab» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drab/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«drab» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/drab.html) on Mova free.