drab /dræb/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: drab '(dull-colored) cloth' (16-18 centuries) , from Old French drap 'cloth' ]
1 . not bright in colour, especially in a way that stops you from feeling cheerful SYN dull :
The walls were painted a drab green.
2 . boring SYN dull :
people forced to live grey, drab existences in ugly towns
—drabness noun [uncountable]
⇨ ↑ dribs and drabs