Related Words for drab

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WordSyllablesCategories
colorless
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Adjective, Adjective
dingy
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Adjective, Adjective
sombre
/x
Adjective, Adjective
gloomy
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Adjective, Adjective
somber
/x
Adjective, Adjective
dreary
/x
Adjective, Adjective
dismal
/x
Adjective, Adjective
sorry
/x
Adjective, Adjective
cheerless
/x
Adjective, Adjective
dull
/
Adjective, Adjective
sober
/x
Adjective, Adjective
bland
/
Noun
dowdy
/x
Noun
boring
/x
Noun
humdrum
/x
Noun
monotonous
x/xx
Adjective
lifeless
/x
Adjective
shabby
/x
Adjective
uninspiring
xx/x
Adjective
uninteresting
x/xx
Adjective
dumpy
/x
Adjective
bleak
/
Adjective
grey
/
Name
gray
/
Noun
glum
/
Noun
grimy
/x
Adjective
unimaginative
xx/xxx
Adjective
unappealing
xx/x
Adjective
insipid
x/x
Adjective
garish
/x
Adjective
gaudy
/x
Adjective
beige
/
Noun
nondescript
/x/
Adjective
staid
/
Adjective
monochromatic
xxx/x
Adjective
featureless
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Adjective
banal
x/
Adjective
barren
/x
Adjective
sterile
/x
Adjective
dilapidated
x/xxx
Adjective
joyless
/x
Adjective
lackluster
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Adjective
pallid
/x
Adjective
desolate
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Adjective
ugly
/x
Adjective
grayish
/x
Adjective
dusty
/x
Adjective
monochrome
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Noun
tatty
/x
Noun
dour
/x
Noun
prosaic
x/x
Adjective
undistinguished
xx/x
Adjective
mundane
x/
Adjective
unremarkable
xx/xx
Adjective
ratty
/x
Noun
stodgy
/x
Adjective
squalid
/x
Adjective
unimpressive
xx/x
Adjective
hideous
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Adjective
scruffy
/x
Adjective
plain
/
Noun
miserable
/xxx
Adjective
listless
/x
Adjective
soulless
/x
Adjective
monotone
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Noun
unattractive
xx/x
Adjective
unpromising
x/xx
Adjective
glitzy
/x
Noun
forlorn
x/
Adjective
moribund
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Noun
depressingly
x/xx
Adverb
tawdry
/x
Adjective
pale
/
Adjective
grim
/
Adjective
threadbare
/x
Adjective
wretched
/x
Adjective
decrepit
x/x
Adjective
spartan
/x
Name
crummy
/x
Noun
colorful
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Adjective
dark
/
Adjective
arid
/x
Noun
unfashionable
x/xxx
Adjective
shapeless
/x
Adjective
tawny
/x
Noun
russet
/x
Noun
olive drab
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
khaki
/x
Noun
linen
/x
Noun
drapery
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Noun
corduroy
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Noun
mixture
/x
Noun
shoddy
/x
Adjective
duffel
/x
Noun
natural
/xx
Adjective
madras
/x
Name
tweed
/
Noun
bump
/
Noun
fabric
/x
Noun
drilling
/x
Noun
gingham
/x
Noun
buckskin
/x
Noun
crock
/
Noun
denim
/x
Noun
chino
/x
Name
worsted
/x
Adjective
duds
/
Noun
flannel
/x
Noun
matting
/x
Noun
fatigues
x/
Noun
greatcoat
/x
Noun
monotony
x/xx
Noun
homespun
/x
Noun
browns
/
Noun
breeches
/x
Noun
sisterhood
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Noun
exteriors
x/xx
Noun
sameness
/x
Noun
coveralls
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Noun
uniforms
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Noun
overcoat
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Noun
pantaloons
/xx
Noun
plumage
/x
Noun
uniformity
xx/xx
Noun
annoying
x/x
Adjective, Noun
austere
x/
Adjective
buff
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
color
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
colour
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dim
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
dirty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
disagreeable
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
distasteful
x/x
Adjective
fuzz
/
Noun, Verb
green
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
grubby
/x
Adjective, Noun
hue
/
Noun
lavender
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
maroon
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
mauve
/
Adjective, Noun
nasty
/x
Adjective, Noun
obnoxious
x/x
Adjective
olive
/x
Adjective, Noun
pastel
x/
Noun
pink
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
purple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
rumpled
/x
Adjective
silvery
/xx
Adjective
stylish
/x
Adjective
tint
/
Noun, Verb
uncomfortable
x/xxx
Adjective
unpalatable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
unpleasant
x/x
Adjective
yellow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
grape
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
salad
/x
Noun
butt
/
Noun, Verb
pidgin
/x
Noun
nickel
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
pigeon
/x
Noun, Verb
dicky
/x
Name, Adjective
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
sfa
x
Name
maypole
/x
Noun, Verb
girly
/x
Adjective, Noun