drabness

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Recent Examples of drabness Driven by her own marginalization and desire for a life of pleasure, Mathilda has enacted Escapes throughout her life, repeatedly changing her name and circumstances to keep life’s drabness at bay. Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
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Noun
  • Through the gut-skin axis, an unhealthy gut or ongoing internal inflammation can contribute to conditions such as acne, eczema, rosacea, dullness, and sensitive skin.
    Tatiana Dias, Vogue, 25 June 2026
  • Lavender softens the look of dullness, green helps reduce the appearance of redness, and peach helps counter visible dark spots.
    Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • This isn't mere boredom, but chronic exhaustion from performing work employees know is meaningless and potentially automatable, yet cannot openly question.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Swashbuckling and romantic, this story will chase away any signs of summer boredom.
    Toby Rose, Parents, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Of course, the tedium is the point.
    John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • The art of roster architecture has been replaced by the tedium of money management in many cases.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • At first Zeke seems the very embodiment of older generations’ complaints about GenZ ennui, but Rice isn’t taking cheap shots — not least since since his elders-but-not-wisers get no more flattering a portrait once George (Camp) enters the scene.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 June 2026
  • White’s actorly presence comes through in his vocal performance, lending the beleaguered fighter a sense of depressed world-weariness and poignant ennui.
    Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
Noun
  • Many women with natural hair can empathize with the breakage concerns and tediousness that can arise when taking down protective styles.
    Caché McClay, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • It’s powered by your own hand—only without the tediousness of using a needle and thread.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Eventually, weariness begins to affect more than just your mood.
    Scott Hanson, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The war-weariness in Sadeq’s words reflects the exhaustion felt throughout Lebanon, but especially among the Shiites who form a third of its 6 million residents.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Generalized anxiety may manifest itself in depression, compulsion or restlessness.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • But Field, whose perpetual restlessness had driven his climb to business success, wasn’t suited to sit on the sidelines.
    Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2026

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“Drabness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drabness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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