DRAB

(noun) a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
synonyms : olive drab
(adj.) causing dejection
"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"
synonyms : blue , dark , dingy , disconsolate , dismal , drear , dreary , gloomy , grim , sorry
It was a blue day for him. -added by naila_inlas
Campaign workers grew increasingly disconsolate as the results came in. -added by nithi
(adj.) of a light brownish green color
synonyms : olive-drab
(adj.) lacking brightness or color; dull
"drab faded curtains", "sober Puritan grey", "children in somber brown clothes"
synonyms : sober , somber , sombre
(adj.) lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
"her drab personality", "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas", "a series of dreary dinner parties"
synonyms : dreary

Mnemonics for drab

(Tag: ) rhymes with crab, which is a dull creature.
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(Tag: bollywood) With out RAB(love) life is dull remnant of the movie" Rab Ne Bana Di jodi"
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(Tag: English) Sounds like drag, if a movie is dragged unnecessarily it becomez boring or dull
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(Tag: hindi) dra , dara hua lookin pale or dull or laking colors on her/his face.. so kisi ko mat darao aur wo bhi B dikha ke.. :D
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(Tag: ) drab is DReary and is the opposite of FAB (common abbreviation for Fabulous).
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(Tag: hindi) sounds like "drav" means "pani"..water.. which is "lacking in color" and wen it is in form of tears it shows dat u r "cheeerless'...
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(Tag: ) drab - sounds close 2 dara(in hindi.. 2 make sme1 fear) so darane ke liye u switch off lights ,becomes dull n lacking colors! :D
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(Tag: ) dr+ab—as DOCTOR AB(a person) docators are usually said to be nerdy, BORING, LACKING BRIGHTNESS(NO OFFENSE TO DOCTORS)
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