Drab vs. Dreary
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 deathDrabnoun
(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 partiesDrabnoun
(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.
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 partiesDrabadjective
lacking brightness or color; dull;
drab faded curtainssober Puritan graychildren in somber brown clothesDrabadjective
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
