Drab vs. Dull

Drabnoun

A fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour.

Drabnoun

The colour of this fabric.

Drabnoun

Often in the plural form drabs: apparel, especially trousers, made from this fabric.

Drabnoun

(by extension) A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable.

Drabnoun

(dated) A dirty or untidy woman; a slattern.

Drabnoun

(dated) A promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute.

Drabnoun

A small amount, especially of money.

Drabnoun

A box used in a saltworks for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.

Drabadjective

Of the colour of some types of drabcloth: dull brownish yellow or dun.

Drabadjective

(by extension) Particularly of colour: dull, uninteresting.

Drabverb

To consort with prostitutes; to whore.

Drabnoun

A low, sluttish woman.

Drabnoun

A lewd wench; a strumpet.

Drabnoun

A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.

Drabnoun

A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; - called also drabcloth.

Drabnoun

A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color.

Drabverb

To associate with strumpets; to wench.

Drabadjective

Of a color between gray and brown.

Drabadjective

lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise;

Drabadjective

lacking brightness or color; dull;

Drabadjective

depressing in character or appearance;

Dulladjective

Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.

Dulladjective

Boring; not exciting or interesting.

Dulladjective

Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.

Dulladjective

Not bright or intelligent; stupid; slow of understanding.

Dulladjective

Sluggish, listless.

Dulladjective

Cloudy, overcast.

Dulladjective

Insensible; unfeeling.

Dulladjective

Heavy; lifeless; inert.

Dulladjective

(of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.

Dulladjective

Not clear, muffled.

Dullverb

(transitive) To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.

Dullverb

(transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.

Dullverb

(intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.

Dullverb

To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.

Dulladjective

Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

Dulladjective

Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.

Dulladjective

Insensible; unfeeling.

Dulladjective

Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.

Dulladjective

Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror.

Dulladjective

Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.

Dulladjective

Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day.

Dullverb

To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.

Dullverb

To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.

Dullverb

To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.

Dullverb

To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.

Dullverb

To become dull or stupid.

Dullverb

make dull in appearance;

Dullverb

become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness;

Dullverb

deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

Dullverb

make numb or insensitive;

Dullverb

make dull or blunt;

Dullverb

become less interesting or attractive

Dullverb

make less lively or vigorous;

Dulladjective

lacking in liveliness or animation;

Dulladjective

emitting or reflecting very little light;

Dulladjective

being or made softer or less loud or clear;

Dulladjective

so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;

Dulladjective

(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted;

Dulladjective

not keenly felt;

Dulladjective

slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;

Dulladjective

(of business) not active or brisk;

Dulladjective

not having a sharp edge or point;

Dulladjective

blunted in responsiveness or sensibility;

Dulladjective

not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft;

Dulladjective

darkened with overcast;