as in boring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest
the new city hall promises to be another drab pile of masonry for the town
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as in prostitute
a woman who engages in sexual activities for money
in its time, this waterfront dive was decried as a den of iniquity, unfit even for the drunks and drabs who haunted it
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Recent Examples of drab
Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
Young Hollywood delivered fashion wins after a drab awards season
Stars like Lisa, Rachel Sennott, Marissa Bode, Doja Cat, Emma Stone, Selena Gomez, Ana de Armas, Elle Fanning and Timothée Chalamet brought glam and drama to the end of an award season sorely missing it.
—William Earl, Variety, 3 Mar. 2025
Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
With each live set and song released, drips and drabs of many sonic inspirations reveal themselves to the world's ears.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 13 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
As Williams’ robot becomes increasingly human, the world around him grows increasingly drab.
—Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
Young Hollywood delivered fashion wins after a drab awards season
Stars like Lisa, Rachel Sennott, Marissa Bode, Doja Cat, Emma Stone, Selena Gomez, Ana de Armas, Elle Fanning and Timothée Chalamet brought glam and drama to the end of an award season sorely missing it.
—William Earl, Variety, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
And if they're not returned – all of them, not in drips and drabs, not two and one and three and four and two – by Saturday at 12 o'clock.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
With each live set and song released, drips and drabs of many sonic inspirations reveal themselves to the world's ears.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 13 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drab
Adjective
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Anything that isn’t someone bleeding out is boring to them, that kind of thing.—
Maria Fontoura,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2025
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But here, it’s all viewed through a workplace-comedy format, which captures the kind of boring ordinariness of typical medical care while also getting at some of the big frustrations of understaffing.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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At some point, Perkins reportedly introduced Millard to a Black prostitute but Millard wanted a White one instead, the news report said, citing warrants.—
Louis Casiano,
Fox News,
24 Mar. 2023
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Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, named after Shields’s controversial first film about a young girl who was a child prostitute, features interviews from her childhood friend and actress Laura Linney and Drew Barrymore and how to contrasted with Shields’s experience in the spotlight.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
22 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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Miracle leave-in product: on sale for $28 (30% off) Original price: $40 (Ulta) Dealing with dull or damaged hair?—
Christopher Murray,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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No race including Bianco or Jenner should ever be dull, though, and this one likely won’t be either.—
Thomas Elias,
The Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2025
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This is how an institution fractures, a culture declines, and Hollywood’s love for hookers and thieves degrades itself.—
Armond White,
National Review,
5 Mar. 2025
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Really nice hookers like Lucia get life-altering windfalls.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Of course, going from shows to pickleball classes to after-hours jam sessions at B.B. King’s Blues Club can be tiring.—
DeMarco Williams,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Sanchez added a selfie from bed, sharing how tiring her pregnancy is.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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On the outskirts of Lima, Peru, locals stumbled upon some dusty items in a vacant lot.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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The difficult history of one girl’s community unfolds in a world inspired by the humid swamps and bayous near New Orleans and the dusty sawmills of LaSalle Parish.—
Harold Goldberg,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Samsung is neck and neck with Google, but its updates are often slower and more limited on older phones.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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The building Celine now occupies what used to be a slow pop-up for Dior and Loro Piana.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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With businesses and consumers alike weary about the safety of AI moving forward, where does this leave them?—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The second, that it was named after a maiden who showed some weary legionnaires the way to the mountain spring.—
Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Mar. 2025
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