drab 1 of 2

as in boring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest the new city hall promises to be another drab pile of masonry for the town

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drab

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noun

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Recent Examples of drab
Adjective
The three Alexander brothers arrived in Manhattan federal court together in handcuffs, shackles and drab beige jail clothing. Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2025 Almaty in Kazakhstan was once a drab Soviet metropolis but is emerging as Central Asia’s new capital of cool. Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
And if they're not returned – all of them, not in drips and drabs, not two and one and three and four and two – by Saturday at 12 o'clock. Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025 With each live set and song released, drips and drabs of many sonic inspirations reveal themselves to the world's ears. Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 13 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for drab
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drab
Adjective
  • Then Saturday, Columbus sputtered to a disappointing (and boring) scoreless draw at home against the Houston Dynamo, one of the weakest MLS teams.
    Andrew King, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Literature that doesn’t contain its own version of this deal—literature that tries to freeze-frame reality instead of transmuting it—is often boring, even alienating.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • At some point, Perkins reportedly introduced Millard to a Black prostitute but Millard wanted a White one instead, the news report said, citing warrants.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, named after Shields’s controversial first film about a young girl who was a child prostitute, features interviews from her childhood friend and actress Laura Linney and Drew Barrymore and how to contrasted with Shields’s experience in the spotlight.
    Vulture, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2023
Adjective
  • The fight was very dull and Ankalaev most held his way to the victory.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Without their alternate selves to tug at them, these characters would be dull, dull, dull.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Really nice hookers like Lucia get life-altering windfalls.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Sure, they’re meant to be funny, but Tomlin inhabits each of them — from Trudy the homeless woman to Brandy and Tina, hookers tired of being interviewed by intellectuals — with affection and empathy alike.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Follow the money: The stock market, for one, is tiring of such shenanigans.
    Felix Salmon, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
  • In Aurora, voters seem to be tiring of two-term incumbent Republican Richard Irvin, who was the top vote getter but got just 38%.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • At the ruins of Palisades Presbyterian Church, Park stood on dusty ground and pointed to a spot in the rubble.
    Jason DeRose, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The dusty blue cabinets and traditional veined marble bring the perfect amount of old money class, while wooden elements, like beams, shelves, and a dining table, warm up the room.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The 2024-25 Bruins are slow, short on skill, inconsistent on defense and diminished in net.
    Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
  • It's been a slow ramp up for Alpha, with the rocket having launched just a single time in 2024, in July.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Americans have grown weary; not just of the news, but also of the entire miserable chore of learning about it.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
  • That reputation began in 70 C.E. when the mineral springs were directed into a massive bathhouse for weary Roman soldiers.
    Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025

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“Drab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drab. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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