drab
adjective
disapprovinguk/dræb/us/dræb/drabber|drabbestboring,especiallyinappearance; having littlecolourandexcitement:
(尤指外表)单调的,乏味的,缺乏色彩的,平淡的Shewalkedthrough thecitycentrewithitsdrab,greybuildingsandfeltdepressed.走过市中心那些单调的灰色建筑物,她心里感觉很压抑。
Ifeelso drab in thisgreyuniform.穿这套灰制服我觉得很没生气。
Synonyms
boring
drearydisapproving
dry(BORING)disapproving
dull
ho-hum
monotonous
tedious
uninteresting
wearisomeformal
not interesting or exciting
- boringThat was such a boring film I nearly fell asleep during it.
- excruciatingShe went over the plot of the book in excruciating detail.
- deadlyHis latest film was just deadly. I left after the first hour!
- mind-numbingThe incident was described in a mind-numbing, 400-page report so dense that no one read it.
Colourless or causing colour to fade
- bleach
- colourless
- discoloration
- discolour
- discoloured
- drably
- drabness
- dull
- faded
- frost
- ghostly
- light
- lighten
- pale
- paleness
- pre-faded
- sober
- sombre
- washed out
- weather
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Tedious and uninspiring