Definitions for drabs

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Spelling: [drab]
IPA: /dræb/

Drabs is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 76 anagrams from letters in drabs (abdrs).

Definitions for drabs

noun

  1. dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
  2. any of several fabrics of this color, especially of thick wool or cotton.
  3. a dirty, untidy woman; slattern.
  4. a prostitute.

adjective

  1. dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
  2. having the color drab.

verb (used without object)

  1. to associate with drabs.

Origin of drabs

1535-45; Middle French drap Late Latin drappus piece of cloth

Examples for drabs

"Lee—over there—" Aura's whispered words were drab with horror.

It is long past time for the drab Republican stalwarts to turn to a low-key but heavy-lifting leader.

The winter can be so drab—all greys, blacks, and neutral tones.

Gottlieb waxes this drab compromise to high luster, calling it “taking the best available option and appreciating it.”

The world—my world before this night—now seemed to have been so drab.

But he had her half painted yaller, an' his a kind of a drab, I guess you'd call it.

He began to see things truly by the drab light of retrospection.

But why do the outdoor scenes look as dank and drab as the gas-lit, sepia-toned interiors?

A drab sack-coat of alpaca hung, unbuttoned, down to his knees.

The country grew tired of the relentless pictures of death in drab on the evening news and an economy out of control.

Word Value for drabs
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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