If you describe something as drab, you think that it is dull and boring to look at or experience. his drab little office = dreary + drabness drab·ness the dusty drabness of nearby villages. see also dribs and drabs. A negligible amount: finished the work in dribs and drabs
A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; called also drabcloth
depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B A Williams
lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan gray"; "children in somber brown clothes"
lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan gray"; "children in somber brown clothes" lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner parties