Meanings of rather drab in English

Some tracts of our great land are rather drab and vacant, remember.

And, as he told her, she had a rather drab taste in clothes.

Miss Lacey was a quiet, rather drab little woman, misleading in her effacement of self.

Matabeleland by contrast seemed rather drab and drouthy, yet she was showing signs of spring.

She appeared rather drab, colorless, and flat-faced to herself.

These were dull and rather drab places - typical for Polish provincial towns of the time.

Despite the beauty of the music, the Chusuk woman was rather drab, especially in this setting.

Damaris stood up, conspicuous in her red dress amid that rather drab assembly as a leaping flame.

In truth they were rather drab affairs - usually consisting of too much concrete and flagstone and not enough actual garden.

But it takes all sorts to make up a world, you know, and it would be rather drab without a few butterflies.

For £4, its full-breakfastbap was decent value, although the moist, herby butcher's sausages were a lot better than the rather drab bacon.

The existing, rather drab security hut will be demolished and replaced by a new, single-storey structure, while the gate stonework will be refurbished.

The rather drab state into which she had allowed her marital affections to lead her was the main reason that kept us apart.

In a rather drab opening period it took nine minutes for the first score when Gary Collins knocked over the first of his four points.