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DRABNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drabness mean?
• DRABNESS (noun)
The noun DRABNESS has 1 sense:
1. having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance
Familiarity information: DRABNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
dowdiness; drabness; homeliness
Hypernyms ("drabness" is a kind of...):
inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)
Derivation:
drab (lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise)
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