Drab vs. Dreary

Drab vs. Dreary — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Drab and Dreary

Drabnoun

A fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour.

Drearyadjective

Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.

It had rained for three days straight, and the dreary weather dragged the townspeople's spirits down.Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...

Drabnoun

The colour of this fabric.

Drearyadjective

(obsolete) Grievous, dire; appalling.

Drabnoun

Often in the plural form drabs: apparel, especially trousers, made from this fabric.

Drearyadjective

depressing in character or appearance;

drove through dingy streetsthe dismal prison twilightdrab old buildingsa dreary mining towngloomy tenementssorry routine that follows on the heels of death
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Drabnoun

(by extension) A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable.

Drearyadjective

lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise;

her drab personalitylife was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseasa series of dreary dinner parties

Drabnoun

(dated) A dirty or untidy woman; a slattern.

Drabnoun

(dated) A promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute.

Drabnoun

A small amount, especially of money.

Drabnoun

A box used in a saltworks for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.

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Drabadjective

Of the colour of some types of drabcloth: dull brownish yellow or dun.

Drabadjective

(by extension) Particularly of colour: dull, uninteresting.

Drabverb

To consort with prostitutes; to whore.

Drabadjective

lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise;

her drab personalitylife was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseasa series of dreary dinner parties

Drabadjective

lacking brightness or color; dull;

drab faded curtainssober Puritan graychildren in somber brown clothes

Drabadjective

depressing in character or appearance;

drove through dingy streetsthe dismal prison twilightdrab old buildingsa dreary mining towngloomy tenementssorry routine that follows on the heels of death