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drabness

/drab/US // dræb //UK // (dræb) //

单调乏味,单调性,单调,单调无味

Related Words

gray灰色,灰色的,灰,灰白desolate荒凉,凄凉,荒凉的,荒芜run-down崩溃,倒闭,崩溃的,倒闭的shabby寒酸,寒酸的,破烂不堪,褴褛的lackluster乏善可陈,乏味,乏味的,不怎么样muddy泥泞的,泥泞,浑浊的,浑浊somber阴暗,阴沉,阴暗的,阴森dreary枯燥乏味,枯燥乏味的,枯燥无味的,枯燥无味dingy杂乱无章,嘈杂,杂乱无章的,嘈杂的dismal惨淡,凄惨的,惨淡的,凄惨bleak黯淡的,惨淡的,黯淡无光,惨淡dry干,干燥的,干燥,干式brown棕色,褐色,棕色的,褐色的flat平坦的,平地,平坦,平的boring枯燥的,枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,沉闷的same相同,相同的,一样,一样的blah扯淡,扯蛋,扯淡的人,扯淡的zero零,零度,零点,零的arid旱地,旱灾,旱区,旱季cheerless无精打采的,无精打采,郁郁寡欢,郁郁寡欢的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    drab·ber, drab·best.

    • : dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
    • : having the color drab.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
    • : any of several fabrics of this color, especially of thick wool or cotton.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundullness
Synonyms
blandness平静性,平整性,平静,平原boringness无趣,无聊,枯燥无味,枯燥乏味colorlessness无色性,无色,无色的,无色透明dinginess丁点,丁丁,丁字裤,丁香dowdiness衰弱,堕落,衰落,垮台dreariness枯燥无味,沉闷,枯燥乏味,沉闷的气氛dryness干性,干燥,燥症,燥flatness平坦度,平整度,平坦性,平面度flavorlessness无味,无味性,无味的,没有味道gloominess忧郁症,阴郁,忧郁,悲观主义insipidity淡化,淡薄,淡化现象,淡泊insipidness平淡无奇,平淡,平淡无味,平淡如水jejuneness洁身自好,洁琼性,洁身自爱,洁癖lifelessness无生命,无生命力,无生命状态,无生机stodginess固执,坚固性,坚守,固守vapidity虚拟性,空化率,空白度,虚拟化vapidness虚无缥缈,软弱无力,空虚,虚浮

Examples

  • Leeks and fresh dill take cozy split pea soup from drab to fabWhile fresh dill is essential to this recipe, the rest is open to interpretation.

  • This no-frills set comes in a range of jovial colors that can lift even the drabbest patios, and is rust-resistant, ensuring it will last against the elements.

  • After what felt like an eon, I lifted my head to find that the once drab badlands were suddenly awash in color.

  • After the drabness of the 1950s, her clothes were chic and slightly transgressive, but not haute couture.

  • I want to sit on its benches again in spite of their treacherous bleakness, in spite of the drabness.

  • The loneliness and drabness of working away from people are fatal to his best effort.

  • Only we, slaves of respectability and of an inordinate appetite for order, suffered such monotony and drabness to rule.

  • Little ridges of tiny blue flames, to speed up the drying of the ink, made blobs of color in the drabness.

  • There were, it is true, a few redeeming features gilding the prevailing drabness of the scene.

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