1. Lacking brightness or colour; dull
   "drab faded curtains";
   - sober, somber [US], sombre [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Lacking in liveliness, charm or surprise
   "her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas";
   - dreary
    
3. Causing dejection
   "a drab day";
   - blue [informal], dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drear, dreary
    
4. Of a light brownish green colour
   "The soldiers wore olive-drab uniforms for camouflage";
   - olive-drab

1. A dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
   "The drab colour of the building's exterior made it blend into the urban landscape";
   - olive drab

Derived forms: drabs, drabbest, drabber

See also: cheerless, chromatic, colorless [US], colourless [Brit, Cdn], depressing, dull, hebetudinous [rare], uncheerful

Type of: olive

Encyclopedia: Drab