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
Donna L. Maney, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
During their honeymoon at a tea estate hotel, Mr. Pare and Ms. Shah saw the hotel collect donations from the guests to paint the drab roofs of the homes of tea estate workers.
—Zinara Rathnayake, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Feb. 2025
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
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Adjective
Its partner is more drab, with tan and gray stripes on its head and brown streaks through its white throat.
—Donna L. Maney, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
During their honeymoon at a tea estate hotel, Mr. Pare and Ms. Shah saw the hotel collect donations from the guests to paint the drab roofs of the homes of tea estate workers.
—Zinara Rathnayake, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Feb. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drab
Adjective
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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
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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
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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 main romance is dull, but there’s plenty of fun slapstick and creative set-pieces in John Hughes’ script to make up for it.—
Barry Levitt,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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Over time, excessive stimulation can lead to dysregulation of the reward system, making routine activities feel dull in comparison.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
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Really nice hookers like Lucia get life-altering windfalls.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Follow the money: The stock market, for one, is tiring of such shenanigans.—
Felix Salmon,
Axios,
7 Mar. 2025
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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
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Its head is outfitted with LED lights that illuminate dark, dusty areas.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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For a piece in this week’s issue, Helfand speaks with all parties involved, and even visits Elvis in his current resting place, amid dusty knickknacks and towering piles of junk in an office behind a mechanic’s garage.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
The New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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It’s also been growing other divisions like digital services and wearables over the last decade to help offset general periods of slow iPhone sales.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN,
19 Mar. 2025
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Don’t confuse grilling with smoking though—the basic difference is smoking is a slow process where food is cooked at low temperatures for a long period while grilling requires high heat applied over a short burst of time.—
Carrie Honaker,
Southern Living,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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 24 Mar. 2025.
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