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Synonyms for drabness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : drab
Phonetic Transcription : dræb

Top 10 synonyms for drabness
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Définition of drabness

Origin :
  • 1680s, "color of natural, undyed cloth," from Middle French drap (see drape (n.)). Figurative sense is c.1880. Apparently not related to earlier word meaning "a dirty, untidy woman" (1510s), "a prostitute" (1520s), which seems to be connected with Irish drabog, Gaelic drabag "dirty woman," and perhaps with Low German drabbe "dirt." Ultimately perhaps from PIE *dher- "to make muddy." Meaning "small, petty debt" (the sense in dribs and drabs) is 1828, of uncertain connection to the other senses.
  • noun dullness
Example sentences :
  • The rays of the setting sun brought out the drabness of her.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • So began a merry interlude in the drabness of the Handsomebody regime.
  • Extract from : « Explorers of the Dawn » by Mazo de la Roche
  • There was time to see the drabness of his boarding place, so he changed it.
  • Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms
  • Neither dress nor ceremony had yet been curtailed by the drabness of Democracy.
  • Extract from : « Seaport in Virginia » by Gay Montague Moore
  • Michael enjoyed Mr. Neech's eccentricities after the drabness of the Special.
  • Extract from : « Sinister Street, vol. 1 » by Compton Mackenzie
  • She was tired of the drabness and clutter of crowded foregrounds.
  • Extract from : « The Blood Red Dawn » by Charles Caldwell Dobie
  • The loneliness and drabness of working away from people are fatal to his best effort.
  • Extract from : « How to Analyze People on Sight » by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict
  • We know that it is our sacred mission to save the world from the drabness of modern democracy.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various
  • In the air was a drone of drab creatures being happy in their drabness, rejoicing in the waste, thoughtless of the future.
  • Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms
  • There was a weary sort of patience, a disillusioned concession to the drabness of married life.
  • Extract from : « Sisters » by Kathleen Norris
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