drab
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
Types & categories
- olive hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
her drab personality
Related & opposite
- homeliness derivation
- insipidity derivation
- dull similar to
Sense 3 adjective
lacking brightness or color; dull
drab faded curtains
Related & opposite
- somberness derivation
- colorless similar to
Sense 4 adjective
of a light brownish green color
Related & opposite
- chromatic similar to
Sense 5 adjective
causing dejection
a blue day
Related & opposite
- insipidity derivation
- depressing similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | olive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | homeliness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | insipidity |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | dull |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | somberness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | colorless |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | chromatic |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | insipidity |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | depressing |