drab
Dull, plain and without colour.
drab in a sentence
- The office walls were a drab grey, so Meena pinned up bright paintings to cheer the place up.
- Compared with the peacock's bright tail, the little brown sparrow seemed rather drab.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to drab?
- Abright
- Bdull
- Ccolourful
- Dcheerful
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B: dull. The other three mean the opposite of drab.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to drab?
- Adull
- Bgrey
- Cbright
- Dplain
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C: bright. The other three mean nearly the same as drab.
Words that mean something similar
dull, plain, grey
Words that mean the opposite
bright, colourful, cheerful
More words about appearance & looks
- elaborate: Full of careful detail, with lots of parts.
- elegant: Graceful and stylish.
- embellish: To add extra details or decoration to make something fancier.
- erect: Standing up straight.
- exquisite: Extremely beautiful and finely made.
- feeble: Weak and without strength.
- flamboyant: Bold, colourful and eye-catching, in a way that makes people notice you.
- flawless: Perfect, with no mistakes or faults.
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