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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as in prostitute
a woman who engages in sexual activities for money
in its time, this waterfront dive was decried as a den of iniquity, unfit even for the drunks and drabs who haunted it
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Recent Examples of drab
Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
Young Hollywood delivered fashion wins after a drab awards season
Stars like Lisa, Rachel Sennott, Marissa Bode, Doja Cat, Emma Stone, Selena Gomez, Ana de Armas, Elle Fanning and Timothée Chalamet brought glam and drama to the end of an award season sorely missing it.
—William Earl, Variety, 3 Mar. 2025
Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Mostly, the drab-looking, sluggish movie seems to exist to lay groundwork for future installments in which over-qualified actors like DeBose and Hechinger might be given more to do and Kraven’s vigilantism might have a clearer sense of purpose.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
As Williams’ robot becomes increasingly human, the world around him grows increasingly drab.
—Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
Young Hollywood delivered fashion wins after a drab awards season
Stars like Lisa, Rachel Sennott, Marissa Bode, Doja Cat, Emma Stone, Selena Gomez, Ana de Armas, Elle Fanning and Timothée Chalamet brought glam and drama to the end of an award season sorely missing it.
—William Earl, Variety, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
This will occur in drips and drabs.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Mostly, the drab-looking, sluggish movie seems to exist to lay groundwork for future installments in which over-qualified actors like DeBose and Hechinger might be given more to do and Kraven’s vigilantism might have a clearer sense of purpose.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drab
Adjective
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Camilla told Newsweek that her husband, Linford, 32, works as a tunnel boring machine operator in London.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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Take it from this guy, who bought the beautiful Starfield limited-edition Xbox controller, headset, and console wrap for over $200, only to play the game and dump it after 20 boring hours.—
Matt Gardner,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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The additional compounds in matcha dull this effect.—
Helen Carefoot,
Verywell Health,
11 Apr. 2025
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For the rest of us, a real musical comedy is a cause for celebration; most are either too tuneless to be musicals or too dull to be comedies.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Strip clubs, booze, hookers, blow, the whole nine yards.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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This is how an institution fractures, a culture declines, and Hollywood’s love for hookers and thieves degrades itself.—
Armond White,
National Review,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Ultimately, many on the internet have identified this week as a particularly tiring one for Black K-pop fans.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
6 Apr. 2025
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Of course, going from shows to pickleball classes to after-hours jam sessions at B.B. King’s Blues Club can be tiring.—
DeMarco Williams,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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On the outskirts of Lima, Peru, locals stumbled upon some dusty items in a vacant lot.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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The difficult history of one girl’s community unfolds in a world inspired by the humid swamps and bayous near New Orleans and the dusty sawmills of LaSalle Parish.—
Harold Goldberg,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Samsung is neck and neck with Google, but its updates are often slower and more limited on older phones.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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The slowest builder finished before the one who overslept.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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And a simple chat at a Chinese restaurant, like the one between the dyspeptic Dave Moss (Bill Burr) and the weary George Aaronow (Michael McKean), might turn out to have been criminal entrapment.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
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Inside, a queue of solemn, weary visitors moved slowly down a long hallway toward the cafeteria.—
Rick Bragg,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Drab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drab. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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