drabness
drabness · drabnesses
The characteristic of being drabThe characteristic of being drab.
» The loneliness and drabness of working away from people are fatal to his best effort.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)The characteristic of being drab.
More definitions
- having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance
Examples
1 sentencesThe loneliness and drabness of working away from people are fatal to his best effort.
Translations
1 languagesForms
plural: drabnesses| Singular | drabness |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance:dowdinesshomeliness
Word family
1 related wordsRelateddrab
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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